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TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart who served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crash and tunneled out of a prisoner-of-war camp.

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4lmg TIL a woman fell after summiting Everest. Her husband died trying to rescue her. Two climbers comforted her before leaving her to die because they couldn’t carry her. After much guilt, they went back 8 years later to enshrine her body. Her husband was found a year later.
QNlaL TIL that Denim and Jeans come from the phrases "De Nîmes" (from [the French city of] Nîmes) and "Gênes" ([the French name for] Genoa). Jeans exist perhaps from the late middle ages; all Davis and Strauss did was add rivets.
PYnQO TIL On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs struck buildings in Beirut, housing American and French service members of a peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people. The attacks eventually led to the withdrawal of the international peacekeeping force from Lebanon.
4knJb TIL about the 25th Dynasty of Egypt aka Black Pharaohs, a line of Pharaohs who originated from the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan and southern Egypt). They reigned over Egypt for nearly a century and restored traditional Egyptian values, culture, art, and architecture (including pyramids).
ejNE TIL that 84% of Egyptians believe that death is the appropriate punishment for leaving Islam