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TIL the survival rate of cardiac arrest outside Hospital with CPR is 11.2%. With immediate defibrillator it’s 41%

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v1Q58 TIL about Luis Pardo Villalón, the chilean Navy officer who commanded the rescue of the Endurance crew. He had never sailed to Antarctica before, but the chilean government sent him aboard the Yelcho, to rescue the 22 stranded men on Elephant Island, after Ernest Shackleton made it to land.
EMep TIL The jungle in Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise is now it’s own fully functioning ecosystem and no longer requires landscaping.
Br9RW TIL The wholesome image of Santa that we know today was actually shaped by Coca Cola for an advertising campaign. Before that, Santa was depicted as everything from a tall gaunt man to a spooky-looking elf.
wodn6 TIL When Ottoman envoys, citing a religious custom, declined to remove their turbans when meeting with Vlad (Dracula) the Impaler, Vlad saluted their devotion and decided to strengthen their custom by having three spikes driven through each of their heads, pinning the turbans in place forever.
a1BZ TIL Gary Plauche killed his son’s kidnapper and sexual abuser in a busy airport as he returned for trial.