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TIL a Yale study found that gunshot wounds to the head or other penetrating brain injuries have a 42% chance of survival

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oR5l8 TIL of CANZUK, a proposed supranational alliance comprising of Canada, Australia, New Zealand & the UK
Apkx TIL the average salary of a stagehand at Carnegie Hall is more than the salary of the President of the United States.
WbP8 TIL that during the Russian famine of the 1920s, Government officials advised starving residents to dig up the dried bones of animals, grind them into flour and bake a “bread substitute [that has] a nutritive value of 25 per cent more than rye bread, in spite of its unpleasant smell and taste”.
16bkr TIL that infrasound can stealthly trouble your eyes and brain, making you perceive "ghosts".
OGnG6 TIL Some scorpion species remove their tails when attacked. They also lose their anus in the process but live up to 8 months - hunting, eating, mating etc. they eventually die of constipation.