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TIL that before standard CPR was invented, the dominant response to cardiac arrest was to cut open the chest and massage the heart directly in the hands.

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nW7aB TIL there's a dog show like Westminster but for rescues called "American Rescue Dog Show"
94dB TIL - The drug that is used to dilate eyes (Atropine) is made from the “Belladonna plant” the name “bella donna” is derived from Italian and means “beautiful woman” because the herb was used hundreds of years ago in eye-drops by women to dilate the pupils of the eyes to make them appear seductive.
QyAE TIL it’s possible to avoid London’s congestion charge by paying a lower fee to register your car as a private hire taxi, then just never pick up any passengers.
awZao TIL that Beethoven's 5th became known as the victory symphony because of the allied forces "V for victory" slogan during WW2. After noticing that the first four notes of the symphony sound like the morse code for the letter V, the BBC played that motif on the timpani before every wartime broadcast.
Po0e TIL that the Turkish F-Keyboard was designed using studies on bone and muscle anatomy of the fingers and letter frequencies in the Turkish language. With this scientific preparation, Turkey has broken 14 world records in typewriting championships between 1957 and 1995