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TIL the Hindenburg disaster had more survivors than it had fatalities with 62/97 passengers surviving

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KYENJ TIL the first national Doctors' Day observance was held on March 30, 1933 on the anniversary of the first administration of general anesthesia (for surgery) by Dr. Crawford W. Long in Jefferson, Georgia, in 1842
JYWwQ TIL that after leaving NWA, founding member DJ Arabian Prince went on to work as a video game programmer and a visual effects artist for the original Power Rangers TV show.
ddjE TIL that Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) spent his first 9 years of his life in a hospital and when he was finally well enough to leave, was sent to a Japanese internment camp in Arizona.
monv TIL that “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965) was rejected at first by CBS: they didn’t like that amateur children were doing the voices, they didn’t like the “anti-consumerism” theme of the plot – and they didn’t like the music.
rRQme TIL the neck rings don't really stretch the neck, they push the shoulders and clavicles down to create the illusion of a longer neck, and removing them incorrectly may cause death because the neck muscles weaken so much they can't support the head on their own.