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TIL some hospitals cut the Livestrong bracelets from patients’ wrists because they resemble the yellow “Do Not Resuscitate” bands.

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VMDL4 TIL when Prohibition was enacted in USA, it took less than an hour for the first documented violation of it to happen
grEQ8 TIL - van Gogh's "Starry Night" (1889) may have been inspired by Hokusai’s "Great Wave" (1831). Van Gogh was a great admirer of this Japanese print, had written to his brother Theo about it, and both share a similar coloring of rich blues.
Dbvj TIL that Kenny Rogers Roasters failed in the U.S. but continues to grow in Asia to this day
ykVV TIL that during the 2006 Duke rape scandal, 88 professors at Duke put out a newspaper ad condemning the alleged rapists and Duke’s culture of white male privilege before the trial had begun. The accused players were found not guilty and the 88 professors never apologized.
wLB7J TIL Victoria Gillick ran a campaign in the UK to ban contraceptives to under 16s. Her loss in court created the Gillick competence named after her, which gave under 16s more medical rights to consent to medical treatment if they understood the doctors recommendations