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TIL in 2006, Pvt. Channing Moss was on patrol when his squad was ambushed and an RPG round got lodged in his abdomen. He was evacuated operated on by two surgeons and an explosive expert who had been watching a Grey's Anatomy episode on removing a live grenade. The round was removed and he survived.

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VMYJ0 TIL of Magic the Miniature Therapy horse, who routinely visited hospital patients needing comfort. She visited one patient who had not spoken for three years; Upon seeing the horse, she said ‘Isn’t she beautiful?’ It caused the staff to break out in tears
8aglL TIL men in some parts of Colombia have sex with donkeys and it is socially acceptable
dgvZ TIL that Australia banned a TV episode for the kid’s show Peppa Pig because it said “spiders are not to be feared” which is generally true in the world except for Australia, home to many dangerous spiders
x6JYB TIL that Only 20 players in Major League Baseball history have worn the uniform number 69, the first in 1989. Eight of them played for Pittsburgh at the time.
mx6PP TIL that a man shoving a glass bottle up his own ass was a rather large factor in the breaking up of Yugoslavia