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TIL that by draining the blood from gunshot victims, and replacing it with a cold saline solution, Doctors are hoping to place patients in a suspended animation. This new experimental procedure will buy the patient time

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dDya9 TIL of Wojtek, a Syrian brown bear enlisted as a soldier in the Polish army during WW2. His service consisted of carrying large boxes of ammunition, boxes that would require four men to carry. The bear learnt his duties by mimicking the men on his unit; his efforts earning him the rank of corporal.
Wkr19 TIL that in the 1940s, the USSR had a program designed to study the excrement of foreign leaders. It was believed that traces of various compounds in feces could give insights into each leader's psychology.
8eBBL TIL A female donkey was acquitted on charges of bestiality at a trial in 1750 due to witnesses attesting to her virtue and good behaviour, but her co-accused human was sentenced to death.
jk9X TIL Captain America was first published a year prior to Pearl Harbor, when there was still strong isolationist opposition to America becoming involved in World War II
0VEL TIL that in music, an 8th note is called a ‘Quaver’, a 16th note is called a 'Semiquaver’, a 32nd note is called a 'Demisemiquaver’, a 64th note is called a 'Hemidemisemiquaver’, a 128th note is called a 'Semihemidemisemiquaver’ and a 256th note is called a 'Demisemihemidemisemiquaver’.