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TIL:Ernest Hemingway survived,anthrax,pneumonia, dysentery,diabetes,high blood pressure,two successive plane crashes that resulted in ruptured kidney and liver, broken skull, second degree burns, and numerous other accidents, then won the Nobel Prize in Literature and eventually committed suicide.

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WpbL TIL, That a Mexican man who accidentally killed his cousin while drunk was sentenced to death by being buried with alive with the cousin whom he had killed.
wOYY TIL in 1957 an Indian Statesman gave an 8 hour long speech in U.N. security council to buy time for other leaders to consolidate Indian power in kashmir.The speech ended with him collapsing on the floor and is still the longest speech in United nations history.
GO0G TIL: The FP-45 Liberator was a single shot pistol developed by the US during WWII with the intention of air dropping them to resistance fighters. The residence fighter would then sneak up on an Axis occupier, kill them, and take their superior weapons.
Jj68 TIL there is a juice bar in Vernal, Utah that charges you a dollar extra for a smoothie if you claim that you are a liberal.
VMkgZ Airbus has started testing an aircraft that can fly more than 20 hours without needing to refuel. The A350-900 XWB will go into service for Singapore Airlines next year, flying passengers between Singapore and New York City on a 19-hour trip — nearly an hour longer than the longest current flight.