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TIL that Anthony kiedis of The Red Hot Chili Peppers saved a baby's life after it suddenly had difficulty breathing. This incident happen in the middle of them filming carpool karaoke

69pXm TIL that a P-61 Blackwidow was used during the raid on the Carbantuan POW camp. The plane would fly several passes at 500 feet, shutting one of its engines off, then turning it back on to cause a loud bang. This distracted the prison guards to allow the Alamo Scouts to get into position.
ZpZOG TIL: Of the existence of "Road Trains" mostly used in Australia - they're massive semi-trucks that usually pull up to 4 trailers at once but the world record is a "train" of 112 trailers (1.5km) long.
nenQo TIL A review of decades of research shows children of same-sex couples are doing just as well as kids of heterosexual couples across a number of wellbeing measures, including academic performance, cognitive development, social development, and psychological health.
N765Q TIL about Dr. Chester Southam who injected live cancer cells into people with questionable ability to consent, including senile patients under long-term care. He was charged with unprofessional conduct and later went on to become President of the American Association for Cancer Research
ADyga TIL a Jesuit professor in 1901 found Martin Waldseemüller's map of the world made in 1507. What makes this map important is the word, "America" printed on the southern continent of the Western Hemisphere. The U.S. Government considers it the "birth certificate of America."