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TIL of Erica Pratt, who was abducted and locked in a basement when she was seven years old. She escaped her kidnappers in less than 24 hours by gnawing through the duct tape binding her hands and feet, kicking out a panel on the basement door, punching out a window, and then screaming for help.

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9YPND TIL Jim Becker, a Packers fan hall-of-famer, routinely sold his blood to buy season tickets, which inadvertently saved his life when he was found to have Hemochromatosis, a genetic disorder that leads to toxic iron deposition in the body, and an early death. The only treatment is bloodletting.
xVMRg TIL that European armies persisted with brightly colored uniforms into the 20th century because, until the advent of smokeless powder, camouflage was unnecessary: battlefields were so thick with gun-smoke that unit positions and movements were naturally concealed.
P1gVe TIL all the previous members of Three 6 Mafia have died, except Crunchy Black who was also almost murdered.
Oo6V7 TIL in the 90s, Tina Turner left America and started living in Switzerland. She now is a Swiss citizen, lives permanently in a village in the Alps, and has stated: "I could not imagine a better place to live."
x6NR1 TIL About Task Force Baum. Compromised of elements of the 4th Armored Division the unit was ordered to liberate a German POW camp towards the end of WW II. Most of the Force was killed or captured and it later alleged the purpose of the raid was to rescue Patton's son in law.