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What is an interesting fact that you recently discovered? (pawb.social)

submitted 7 months ago by Interstellar_1@pawb.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Abraham Lincoln’s son was saved from getting run over when boarding a train by none other than John Wilkes Booth’s brother. The story came to light after Lincoln’s assassination. Edwin Booth was a more famous actor than John Wilkes, and was supposedly pro union as well.

Below is original newspaper article.

[–] MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

on the second of December 2009 a russian student died after chewing gum exploded in his mouth . he had a habit of dipping chewing gum in citric acid , however this time he accidentally used an unidentified explosive powder four times more powerfull than TNT which he had for home chemistry related reasons . his name was Vladimir Likhono

found on Wikipedia's List of unusual deaths

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