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TIL that in smaller bomb blasts such as suicide bombings only 6% of people on average die from shrapnel wounds, the real danger is blast overpressure, which will rapture lungs. If you have time, you’re actually best off to not hold your breath, but to open your mouth, breathing in small intervals.

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oBgdR TIL Hitler killed his dog Blondi before committing suicide in 1945. Afterwards, her puppies were immediately shot to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Russians.
X0JaE TIL that in his final years as US president, Woodrow Wilson was too sick to govern. His wife Edith kept his sickness secret, taking over so many duties she was essentially president. She hid Wilson's paralysis by covering his left side with a blanket.