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TIL, in 1940 RAF pilot Victor Ekins was shot in the stomach and had his plane disabled by the bullet. When he bailed out, he coincidentally landed in the middle of a Canadian Ambulance Unit

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oRKMr TIL that between 2 and 1 billion years ago, the duration of a day was 19 hours. Then, the day's length started to increase by 2 milliseconds per Earth's revolution due to the Moon's tidal force.
GY8x4 TIL that when Dune (1984) was originally released in theaters, some locations gave out “cheat sheets” for people confused with the terminology of the Dune universe.
4XGd5 TIL that when Hurricane Ivan was in the Gulf of Mexico in 2004, pressure sensors on the ocean floor detected a freak wave 91 feet tall. Computer simulations suggested that at the storm's peak as a Category 5 it was producing waves over 130 feet high.
694Qm TIL scientists discovered a “dinosaur disco”, more than 100 tracks made by giant, long-necked dinosaurs, brontosaurs and brachiosaurs on a small shore on the Isle of Skye
n8Y9 TIL There is a Non-Fictional Book About Ebola Zaire, a Deadlier Form of Ebola So Terrifying, Stephen King Was Quoted As Saying “The first chapter of The Hot Zone is one of the most horrifying things I’ve read in my whole life–and then it gets worse"