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TIL that only two people survived a fall through a cumulonimbus cloud. One of the cases suffered severe frostbite and decompression injuries and was trapped in the cloud for more than 30 minutes.

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e08g5 TIL when Eva Peron died at 33, her body was embalmed and put on display. After a military coup it was lost for 16 years, until it was found in Italy and returned to her husband who kept it in his dining room. Upon his death, both corpses were displayed together briefly before finally being buried.
ANKkB TIL that Lucid dreaming is a learnable skill. There are specific techniques and tips, like learning to check your reality, that can increase chances of having a lucid dream.
ypbe TIL the Hindenburg Zeppelin, named after the late German president Paul von Hindenburg, was almost named Hitler but was refused by Adolf due to his dislike of large aircrafts. He later said he was glad the aircraft didn’t share his name after the famous Hindenburg Disaster of 1937.
GA1r7 TIL of the Vipeholm Experiments in Sweden. In the 1950s, intellectually disabled people were fed sweets to see whether sugar caused cavities. While unethical, this study greatly contributed to what we know about dental health.
loBpK TIL that there is a German word, verschlimmbessern, to define the act of making something worse in a failed attempt to improve a situation, e.g. trying to dislodge a ball stuck in a tree by throwing another ball at it - which subsequently also gets stuck.