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TIL that the Subaru logo represents the stars in Pleiades constellation which is known as 'Subaru' in Japanese

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kODa5 TIL in 1948, when Britain started their publicly funded National Health Service (NHS), the American Medical Association (AMA) ran an unprecedented campaign to turn public opinion against a national health service in USA, which had wide spread support at the end of World War 2.
XBlP TIL the first man to perform cardiac catheterization, did it on himself then walked downstairs to the radiology department to take the x-ray to prove you would not die. He was fired, became a Nazi, then won the Nobel Prize.
Zjxp TIL that J.J. Abrams, Joss Whedon, Harold Ramis, Jon Favreau, Bryan Cranston, and Jason Reitman all directed at least one episode of The Offce
LklMv TIL Carl McCunn was flown to the Alaska wilderness to take photos of wildlife. The pilot never returned for him. His friends had a pilot fly out but Carl accidentally gave the signal for “all okay.” He survived for 8 months before killing himself instead of freeze or starve.
grED4 TIL During the 19th century, people would attend clinics where they could receive electric shock treatments using devices like the "Electro-Conductive Bath." The idea was that these shocks could apparently cure everything from insomnia to depression.