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TIL about 'The Rally'-a phenomenon that occurs when a critical patient is expected to pass away in a few days. At some point during last days (and sometimes even the final day of life), they appear to be "all better," meaning they'll eat more, talk more, and even walk around.

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jNjdn TIL about the Anti-Bloomberg law, which prohibits any county or city in Mississippi from passing laws to restrain portion sizes. It was passed as a response to the Bloomberg law, which limited the size of soda to 16 ounces or less.
ZEvQ TIL that some Russian bears are addicted to sniffing Jet Fuel out of empty fuel barrels. They like getting high so much, they stalk helicopters for the drops of fuel that leaks onto the soil.
oB0lR TIL of the "thrower's fracture": a rare phenomenon in which a young, otherwise healthy person breaks their upper arm bone in half just by throwing a ball too forcefully.
yVNGw TIL Alice Allison Dunnigan was the first African-American female White House correspondent. She was also the first Black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries
ADEM7 TIL Charley Pride couldn’t make the majors in baseball, so he did something even more improbable—he became the first black superstar in country music.