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TIL in 1918 a man crashed, "died," was buried in a coffin, exhumed against family wishes 2 days later after an insurance debate, found ALIVE (due to being in a low-oxygen coma state), went on to become a French celebrity and invented a breathing tube apparatus/wine pack for coffins.

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yZZl TIL In 1933 Soviet Russia dumped 6200 people on an island in Siberia and left them with only flour for food, a small amount of tools and no shelter. A month later 4000 of them were dead.
EgJw0 TIL of Zachary Porter, 20, who got stuck, waste deep, in a mud flat during low tide. He was unable to free himself and drowned when the high tide came in.
nekWP TIL 16% of all women 65 and over, are living at Poverty level. Marital status impacts whether an older woman is living in poverty. 26.1% of women who never married live in poverty compared 4.9% of married women. $12,490 is the poverty level, US poverty rate 13.9 percent.
9wJ1r TIL that in his 1905 Annual Address to Congress, President Theodore Roosevelt recommended that the then territories of New Mexico and Arizona be admitted as one single state. He explained that the territorial borders were just "matters of convenience" and should not be legally binding on admission.
5YRQR TIL the Battle of Derna in 1805 (the first military engagement of the United States in a different country, and mentioned in the official US Marine's song) was actually fought by 400-500 Arab-Greek Mercenaries and just 8 Marines. The mercenaries were never fully paid after the war.