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TIL there’s a experimental project in Stockholm, Sweden where you can sign up to receive an SMS if there is a cardiac arrest nearby (500 m), so you can get there before the ambulance and perform CPR. 9500 people have signed up, and they reach the location faster in 54% of the cases.

1Kx8 TIL that Superman compresses his spine as Clark Kent to become shorter in order to help hide his identity
QJZEd TIL that in 1991 Cornell Engineering's Acceptance Rate for Women was 61%
16RBD TIL The world's largest coin weighed almost 20kg (44lb)
neR5W TIL in the 17th century, courting teenage couples were tied into thick sacks called bundling bags and left to spend the night together chastely in the same bed
OoomY Everyone got mad at the Germans.