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TIL Smoking in U.S. hospitals was banned in 1992

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ALvd TIL in 2010 a homeless man saved a woman from a knife attack in New York. He was stabbed trying to help, yet still chased the assailant before collapsing from his wounds. CCTV cameras captured over 20 people walk past him. Some stared, none helped. He later died on the sidewalk where he fell.
JYl51 TIL about Annie Cook, a Madame in the 19th Century that turned her Memphis brothel into a hospital to help fight Yellow Fever
jNVYv TIL that the Rosenberg's where supposed to be executed at 11PM on a Friday. In an attempt to delay the execution, they claimed that it would be a violation of their religious rights to be executed on the Sabbath. Their plan backfired when the judge agreed but instead moved the execution to 8PM.
b9Wy4 TIL in 1969 an experimental book named The Unfortunates was published. It shipped as a 'book in a box' consisting of 27 unbound sections with the first and last chapter specified. The remaining sections range from a single paragraph to 12 pages in length and are designed to be read in any order.
v10nx TIL that in 1945 during WWII American soldiers and Nazis teamed up to save a bunch of purebred horses held by the Nazis