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TIL : Chinese police use crossbow to stop suicide bombers without detonating their vests

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YpkQA TIL in 1903, two men and a pit bull made the first documented journey by automobile from San Francisco to New York using only a connection of dirt roads, cow paths, and railroad beds. The journey took 63 days, became a national sensation, and called for a system of long distance roads.
9wwPG TIL the majority of fatalities during the American Civil War occurred due to disease and unsanitary conditions
VMRp8 TIL of Salomon Klass, a Finnish Jewish captain was nominated for the German Iron Cross who stopped a Soviet counterattack 7 times during the Continuation War between Finland, Germany and the USSR. He was among three Finnish Jews to get nominated for the award, they all refused it.
0wkrM TIL that Sarah Silverman, Mel Brooks, and several Holocaust survivors are featured in a documentary about why Holocaust humor is essential to overcoming and remembering those who perished.
VBMv8 TIL cactus only grow naturally in the Americas and some can be found near the poles