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TIL Lt. General Sir Carton de Wiart was shot in the face, head, stomach, ear; survived 2 plane crashes; tunneled out a POW camp; tore off his fingers when a doctor refused to amputate; reportedly removed his eye b/c it kept him from aiming his gun; and threw his glass eye out of a taxi.

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PGkO TIL Derek Amato is one of just 30 “acquired savants” worldwide. After been taken to hospital with a serious concussion from a diving accident, he sat down at a piano and discovered he was a musical genius.
yQxXl TIL that Marvel, DC, and other major comic book publishers adopted the "Comics Code" in 1954. Under the Code, criminals could not be depicted sympathetically, and police, judges, and government officials could not be shown as corrupt. The code was revised over time and was abandoned in the 2000s.
nWBk7 TIL In 1989, when HDTV first came onto the Japanese market, the cost of an HDTV and HDTV Receiver which was required to pick up HD satellite television signals was $12,800 or $32,160 in 2024 money.
bWQQ TIL: Thomas Nast, the guy who created the modern-day images of Santa Claus and Uncle Sam, also popularized the mascots of today’s Democratic and Republican parties.
vg6L TIL that in 1976, a Soviet pilot defected to Japan in his advanced MiG-25 fighter, which Russia demanded be returned. Japan complied, but only after allowing American engineers to examine the aircraft. Japan then shipped it back piece by piece, and billed Russia $40,000 in transport and labor costs.