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TIL when he became President Eisenhower allowed his son to serve in the Korean war only on one condition: that he promise never be captured alive

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eR4k TIL there is a 5th Ninja Turtle - a female named Venus de Milo
LkYmr TIL that the first use of an external defibrillator on a human was in 1947 by Claude Beck. The portable version of the defibrillator was invented in the mid-1960s. This machine was a revolutionary idea that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
woZw6 TIL German WWII steam war locomotives are still in daily use in coal trains in Bosnia
n9dB TIL Yoshi’s full name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas.
epBMg TIL The Satanic Temple has an after school Satan Club