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TIL gunshot wounds can cause lead poisoning years later from tiny lead fragments in the bone leaching into the body

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kmX7 TIL all of the JFK files are scheduled to be opened by the end of October.
OoP5g TiL about the December 14th 1944 Palawan massacre where Japanese imperial soldiers lit American soldiers on fire by sounding an air raid siren to lead them to a trench filled with gasoline instead of an air raid shelter. Of the 150 American POWs only 11 survived and escaped to American lines.
4k4eJ TIL that David Blaine has over the course of a decade been buried alive for 7 days, encased in ice for 64 hrs, stood on 100ft high pillar for 35 hrs, survived only on water for 44 days and spent 7 days submerged underwater water
R5Vyw TIL Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood. Two hearts pump blood to the gills, while the third circulates it throughout the body. Their blood is blue due to a copper-based molecule, efficient in cold, low-oxygen environments.
eKeb TIL the “Today I Learned” subreddit is regularly exploited by corporate markers to push their agendas