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TIL Armadillo shells are capable of deflecting bullets. A Texan man who tried to shoot an armadillo found himself in the hospital after the bullet bounced back off the animal and hit him in the face.

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6E4oJ TIL JFK’s PT-109 patrol boat came under attack near the Solomon Islands, and sunk. Swam 3.5 miles to the island. He then etched an SOS message into a coconut shell, asked two natives to deliver it to a nearby base in order to arrange for their rescue. He later turned the shell into a paper weight.
vGeB TIL… Woodstock would have never happened if not for one dairy farmer, Max Yasgur, who allowed the festival to take place on his property after surrounding villages declined to host the event. As a result, the locals boycotted his products.
X0pQj TIL that actor Kiefer Sutherland threatened to not reprise the role of Doc Scurlock in the movie Young Guns 2 unless he was given a dramatic death scene in the movie, which was reluctantly granted. The historical Doc Scurlock actually died peacefully at the age of 80.
w6gY TIL that the reason it is safe from electrocution inside a car during a thunderstorm is due to an effect called Faraday’s Cage - when Electricity strikes an metal object, the electricity only travels around the outside meaning the interior is unaffected entirely.
epDdb TIL the Word "Piano" is a Shortened form of "Pianoforte"