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TIL A woman was brought back to life with no ill effects 6 hours after her heart stopped beating

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77BX TIL 90% of Lighting Strike victims survive.
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e0WDD TIL Ironbridge, a town in England, takes its name from an iron bridge named The Iron Bridge.
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