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TIL that two surgeons used a coat hanger, brandy, and a tube to operate on a collapsed lung during an airplane flight - and succeeded

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5YQwn TIL Ferret means "little thief" and a group of them is called a "business". Also, if excited, they perform a behavior called the "weasel war dance".
KOgWJ TIL that Frankie Muniz has suffered two strokes, has suffered significant memory loss, including losing memories from his childhood acting days.
4Dlo TIL of Frane Selak, an 85 year old who narrowly survived a train crash which killed 17, being blown out of a plane which killed 19, a bus accident which killed 4, 2 car explosions, being hit by a bus, and narrowly avoided being hit by a truck, TO THEN go on and win the lottery.
rBV0 TIL a Masai tribe in Kenya gave 14 cows to America after hearing about the 9/11 attacks
pZAZ TIL There were 12 dogs on the Titanic; 3 survived, mostly because they were tiny. There was supposed to be also one cat with young kittens on board the ship to control the rat population - but she was seen disembarking, retrieving one kitten at a time, in Southampton.