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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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pYyVA TIL of drummer Cozy Powell's fatal car crash. He was traveling 104mph in the rain while drunk and talking on his phone with a woman who was cheating on her husband with him. He also had no seatbelt on, a leaking tire, and was still recovering from a recent motorcycle accident.
LkBMd TIL Mel Blanc, The voice of Bugs Bunny was put in a coma after a serious car accident. After unsuccessful attempts to bring him out the doctor asked “Bugs, can you hear me?”. Mel responded in the voice of Bug Bunny “What’s up doc?”. The doctors used this to lead him out of coma.
d8n9B TIL the creator of Comic Sans has only used the font once, to send a letter complaining about his broadband. He received a £10 refund
4L9a TIL that James Bond was modeled after a real spy named Wilfrid “Biffy” Dunderdale - MI6’s man in Paris, he was also friends with Ian Flemming and it appears that several of Dunderdale’s stories ended up in Flemming’s books.
N7nNe TIL that the Yoruba people of Nigeria have among the highest birthrates of twins in the world, but that a specific town in the country - Igbo-Ora - produces more twins than anywhere in the world. So many twins are born in Igbo-Ora that the town holds a festival to celebrate them.