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TIL René Laennec invented the stethoscope because he was unable to hear a patient’s heart due to their “great degree of fatness”.

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1a56X TIL cat burglars across Europe have been know to pump anaesthetic gas into victims residences via the AC unit.
QJyep TIL an AI named Cyc became confused by a story of a man shaving. The AI understood that people do not contain any electronic parts, but considered the man holding the electric razor as one entity, and asked if he was still a person while he was shaving.
oBgQo TIL that the three great minds: Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr and Erwin Schrödinger behind Quantum Mechanics all read from and greatly respected the Vedas, the ancient Indian Sanskrit texts on spirituality. Schrödinger even mentioned this in a book he wrote called "My view of the world."
kAgB TIL R. Lee Ermey, best known as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, was the first retiree in the history of the Marines to be promoted.
Ooe9e TIL Over 3 million tons of asphalt pavement has been recycled and there is over 99% recycling rate for asphalt.