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TIL of Operation Credible Sport where a C130 propeller aircraft was equipped with rocket boosters to evacuate hostages in a soccer stadium without a runway.

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mGdo TIL of quasar 3c273, which is 4 trillion times brighter than the sun, and 100 times brighter than the output of all the stars in the milkyway. It’s so bright, that if it were 33 light years away, it would shine just as bright in the sky as the sun, which is only 8 light minutes away.
yVbbM TIL About Count Carl von Cosel the Key West radiologist who fell in love with a terminal tuberculosis patient then attempted to revive her for seven years after her death. He stole her remains from the cemetery and lived with her corpse for seven years
DQBge TIL Hemispherectomyis (the removal/disconnecting of a hemisphere of the brain) has been an effective way to treat drug resistant epilepsy. Some patients are expected to lose advanced language abilities but others have gone on to be communication specialists.
W7XKY TIL Formula 1 race car driver Alex Zanardi cheated death 3 times. In 2001 he was in a horrific crash and lost both legs. In 2020 he had a massive head injury and was in a medically induced coma. Finally, he had severe smoke inhalation from a house fire in 2022.
OG4d1 TIL of Nadia Murad a Yazidi girl who was kidnapped and sold as a sex slave, later became the first Yazidi to win a Nobel Peace Prize but was boycotted by the superintendent at the Toronto District School Board over fears her story would promote Islamophobia