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e09k6 TIL "Type A Personality" was invented by researchers who were paid by the tobacco industry to hide the link between smoking and health risks.
BgN6b TIL that Aaliyah released her first LP at 15, titled "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" ...written and produced by R. Kelly
6nJJ TIL Rebecca Black of ‘Friday’ fame had to drop out of school due to bullying.
P1rRO TIL About 1 in 10,000 people in the world suffers from a rare condition «Situs Inversus», when all internal organs are mirrored from their normal positions. Many people with this condition live their entire lives without knowing it.
yQERw TIL that Vietnam War medics formed the core of early EMS. Their training and experience were needed, as many first responders in the 60s were undertrained funeral home workers. So, those wounded in combat actually had a better chance of survival than those getting into car accidents in the US.