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TIL about hydraulic injection injuries, which often go untreated and lead to necrosis and severe tissue damage

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QNlX6 TIL Bob Barker was an enrolled member of the Sioux Tribe and grew up on a reservation in South Dakota
Wa6L TIL that in 1954 John Stapp strapped himself to a rocket sled, accelerated to 632 MPH in 5 seconds, and then decelerated to 0 MPH in 1.4 seconds. He experienced 46.2 G’s. He went temporarily blind and experienced two black eyes from his eyeballs having been shot so far forward.
woYE TIL that Nuclear War during the Cuban Missile Crisis was averted by the action of a single Soviet officer.
GALn5 TIL “Time Immemorial” actually refers to a specific date - the Accession of Richard I - in English law
ne96o TIL: Dr. Mary Walker was an American surgeon and feminist. She served as a Union Army nurse in the in the Civil War, before being commissioned as the first woman assistant surgeon. She was awarded the Medal of Honor for her service, and Walker remains the only woman ever to receive this award.