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TIL cat ladders in Switzerland use mailboxes, tree stumps and more to give cats vertical freedom with neighbor support—unlike in the US, where leash laws often forbid cats from roaming freely.
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TIL that when cars were new, hitting a pedestrian was a serious matter called a motor killing. As it happened more as there were more cars and more crashes, Car Manufacturers hired public relations spin doctors to invent the word Jaywalker to shift fault to pedestrians for getting hurt and dying.
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TIL that the first paramedics were a bunch of American Black men, formed in collaboration with the Father of CPR, Austrian Peter Safar. Their director was a Nancy Caroline, MD