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TIL That there is a volcano in Ethiopia that spits blue lava

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XvdE TIL of DI-X, a drug intended for Nazi soldiers that allowed test subjects to march up to 55 miles before collapsing.
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BgnJW TIL that RAF pilot Douglas Bader became one of Britains top WWII flying aces despite losing both legs in a prewar crash.He flew Spitfires using prosthetic legs shot down over 20 German aircraft and was so respected by the enemy that Luftwaffe ace Galland personally arranged to drop him a prosthetic.
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