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TIL in 1965, a bus traveling to Ankara collided with a truck carrying nitric acid. The collision caused the acid to spill, and panicked the passengers. They evacuated the bus and suffered burns ln their feet. 17 people melted to death after jumping into puddle to save theirselves in distress.

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