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TIL that during World War II, over 1,000 American airmen were shot down behind enemy lines and rescued by Yugoslavian Partisans and Serbian Chetniks.

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Wa5L TIL a failed 1970s natural gas operation in Turkmenistan was set alight to prevent the buildup of suffocating gasses in the area and it’s still burning 40 years later
lBlA TIL in 1992, Polish-Irish businessman Stefan Klincewicz beat the lottery and made a profit by buying all possible number combinations when the jackpot became high enough to profit. The game was changed soon after.
69LwZ TIL: There was a German medical study on Shuriken (ninja stars) wounds. They used pig carcasses while researchers threw a cyclone shuriken, a plastic one, and a traditional one. All 3 were capable of inflicting fatal wounds. This study served to promote discussion on the German shuriken ban of 1980.
4XYA5 TIL about Hisashi Ouchi who was kept alive for 83 days against his will, after being exposed to radiation.
0dGOy TIL during the Cambodian genocide (1975-1979) life expectancy in the country fell to 12 years.