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TIL Ted Bundy’s girlfriend tried reporting him to the police 3 times

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MJm7 TIL during The Battle of Shiloh in the Civil war, many of the soldiers’ wounds glowed. Those with these glowing wounds healed faster, and thus the wounds were dubbed the “Angel’s Glow”.
4lYX TIL a single ant can live to be 29 years old
ogAo TIL a factory worker saved 34 lives from the 9-story Rana Plaza collapse. Against all warnings, he climbed inside the rubble to pull people to safety. When a doctor was too afraid to go in to amputate the limbs of some that were trapped, the worker took a knife and did it himself to save them.
GmgN TIL that every Purple Heart medal awarded up to date was originally made during WWII in anticipation of the casualties that US troops would suffer in Japan
5YvE9 TIL that the main reason for Japans Surrender in WW2, was not due to the Atomic Bombs, but because the Soviets declared war and lead a massive invasion of Manchuria on the same day as Fat Man was dropped. Surprising the Japanese and dashing any hope of a conditional surrender with Soviet Support.