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TIL there is a cemetery for German WWII soldiers maintained in Normandy, France

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b86p TIL Theodore Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt, was shot in the chest, and proceeded to deliver a 90 minute speech. He opened with: “Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.”
negQ7 TIL that researchers say 15-20% of American men have paid for sex
loOJB TIL: Jo Cameron (71) went her entire life without realizing she didn’t feel pain or anxiety until she got hip replacement surgery.
V0b0 TIL there is a disease that affects the inner ear and amplifies all internal sounds. It gets to the point where the sound of the eyeballs moving in their sockets sounds like “sandpaper on wood”
a8eyo TIL that a loose checklist killed 11 soldiers. In 2015, a Greek F-16 crashed after takeoff, killing the crew and nine Frenchmen on the ground; 25 French, Italians, and Americans were injured. A checklist likely got jammed next to the yaw knob, causing the fighter to roll uncontrollably to the right.