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Evd TIL NASA invented invisible braces, scratch resistant lenses, and much more.
ANW6d TIL about Ron Hunt, a construction worker who was impaled through his eye and skull by and 18inch long, 1.5 inch diameter drill bit and survived. (X-ray in comments)
J1Mlj TIL: Frank Buckles, the last surviving U.S. WW I veteran, died in 2011. He was 110. At 16, he lied about his age and enlisted in 1917. Later, when WW II began, he was working for a company in Manilla. Japan invaded the Philippines in 1941 and Buckles was captured and imprisoned for over 3 years.
5xdB TIL in Switzerland every male must attend military training and is required to keep his weapon afterwards, giving the country one of the highest gun ownership rate in the world.
K4p6 TIL One of the last verifiable surviving veterans of the American Revolutionary War was Lemuel Cook, who died in 1866 at 105. He lived long enough to see the end of the Civil War.