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TIL that Shell Shock may not be wholly psychological, but caused by concussive damage to the brain. Distinctive honeycomb lesions have been found on soldiers' brains who had survived IED blasts. These lesions "may help explain why some veterans... have problems putting their lives back together."

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ogAo TIL a factory worker saved 34 lives from the 9-story Rana Plaza collapse. Against all warnings, he climbed inside the rubble to pull people to safety. When a doctor was too afraid to go in to amputate the limbs of some that were trapped, the worker took a knife and did it himself to save them.
yVylw TIL that Byron Hadley from The Shawshank Redemption and The Harbinger from John Wick 4 are one and the same. And he is also Mr. Krabs.
oBaDA TIL the Roman Colosseum gets its name from the 30 meter (98 feet) tall bronze statue that once stood near it, "The Colossus of Nero".
gMm14 TIL that Popeye's nemesis, Bluto, was renamed Brutus because Paramount Pictures owned the name "Bluto." To address this, modern-day comics presented the notion that Bluto and Brutus are actually twin brothers, and it's since become canon
grOBW TIL In the 1950s, U.S. poultry firms dumped turkey tails into Samoa markets. Filled with oil used to preen itself, turkey tails are 75% fat and are frequently washed down with a cold Budweiser. Due to its ties to the obesity epidemic, Samoan officials banned turkey tail imports in 2007.