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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/APurpleTRex on 2024-12-18 14:21:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL After being wounded in WWII, Legendary Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä (The White Death) was thought to be dead and placed on a pile of corpses. A week later he regained consciousness and had to correct the newspaper release about his death.