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TIL Two guys used their dead friends ashes as fishing bait and caught the worlds biggest Carp

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rNRPx TIL that In 1959, Turkish Prime Minister at that time had plane crash while on his way to London to sign the London Agreement on the Cyprus issue, survived from the wreckage and signed the agreement in hospital some days later.
Egbnp TIL after a brutal Union defeat at the Civil War Battle of Olustee in 1864, a train carrying wounded soldiers broke down during the retreat. With no working locomotive, exhausted troops and a few horses had to pull the train 13 miles over 2 days to escape a Confederate pursuit.
W7vvX TIL about the Hanoi incident where a man lived after his hand was inside a particle accelerator while it was on. This incident sparked international attention to the dangers of using foreign translated instructions in experiments involving radiation.
gkvX TIL that for 5 years Websters Dictionary accidentally included a word that didn’t exist: “Dord”
MeYDA TIL the remains of an 18th century ship originating from Philadelphia was found during construction of the new World Trade Center in 2014