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TIL in Germany in 2001, Armin Meiwes (AKA The Master Butcher) and his volunteer murder victim jointly attempted to eat the victim's severed penis. He then killed and ate a large amount of the volunteer’s flesh. His first trial sentence was only 8 yrs 6 mo (later increased to life).

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XE0mR TIL military planners expected as many as 400 times the casualties that were suffered during D-Day in 1944 for the Allied landing on Japan. The operation was canceled by the atomic bombs and the Japanese surrender.
7JeX TIL in 1999 BMX legend Mat Hoffman flew to Canada to have his ACL replaced. He chose to do so without any anesthesia and even helped the doctor steady the drill as it went through the bone. He was walking and back on his bike 6 days later.
OGBOg TIL When a man in New York needed a heart transplant from a donor in Oklahoma, the hospital reached out to the US Air Force to help with transportation. The donor heart was transported across the country in two hours on an F-111 fighter jet. The operation was a complete success.
Rnm1 TIL the U.S. and Russian Military use depleted uranium bullets that can pierce vehicle armor; once the bullet pierces the armor, it gets sharper and automatically catches on fire, igniting fuel and causing the vehicle to explode.
v1m9K TIL that Rosemary Kennedy - little sister to JFK - developed violent moodswings at 23. Their father secretly took Rosemary to the notorious surgeon Walter Freeman, who used an ice pick to disconnect her frontal lobes. The lobotomy disabled her & she spent the rest of her life in an institution.