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TIL Formula one race car driver Alex Zanardi cheated near death three times. In 2001 he had both legs amputated in a racing crash,in 2020 he suffered head trauma while handcycling and was in a medically induced coma, and in 2022 his home caught fire and he was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

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BgxGy TIL: In 1914 The Suffragettes tried to blow up the Coronation Chair
LQbLV TIL in 1973, Scotland and Wales rugby teams refused to play in Ireland due to the risk of violence. England however travelled to Dublin, and lost. The England captain later said "We might not be any good, but at least we turned up."
5YBO9 TIL of Miryang case, where a girl was assaulted by 41 high school boys, filmed, have to identify the suspects face-to-face but the perpetrators receive little to none punishment, some due to "have bright future"
Yp8DG TIL that the single most destructive air attack of WWII was not from an atomic bomb.
9Y9v7 TIL of Canadian conservation officer Bryce Casavant, dispatched to kill a female black bear found eating from a freezer in a mobile home park. He complied with the order to kill the mother bear but got fired for refusing to kill her 2 cubs. He finally won a legal battle to vindicate his decision.