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TIL that during residency, prospective doctors work around 40-80 hours per week, with some far exceeding that level

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LQN4v TIL that Gangkhar Puensum (Bhutan) is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Budding mountaineers have been forbidden to climb it since 2003, and all attempts prior resulted in failure.
Jgj TIL that a town in the UK, Berwick-upon-Tweed, was still technically at war with Russia until 1966 when a Russian diplomat and the Mayor signed a peace treaty. The Mayor told the diplomat: “You can tell the Russian people that they can now sleep peacefully in their beds”.
D1vxY TIL that through his mother, Abraham Lincoln is related to Tom Hanks, George Clooney, and Camille Cosby
grokL TIL Several hearts of the french kings and queens have been used as brown color for a painting in the Louvre museum!..
wLQRP TIL Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the 32nd president) is related to the most other U.S. Presidents with a total of 11; 5 by blood and 6 by marriage. Notable mentions are George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and James Madison.