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TIL the purpose of CPR is not to restart the heart at all, it is too push oxygenated blood to vital organs keeping permanent damage at bay until help arrives.

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LQwar TIL that among their other duties, US Marshalls are, in essence, bailiffs for US federal courthouses.
awXDN TIL Air bags are not inflated from some compressed gas source but rather from the products of a chemical reaction. The chemical at the heart of the air bag reaction is called sodium azide, or NaN3.
9wbYX TIL that in 1920, French President Paul Deschanel fell from a moving train at night while wearing pajamas. Disoriented, he approached a railway signalman, claiming to be the president. The signalman, doubting his sanity, reportedly replied, "And I'm Napoleon Bonaparte."
Wkkro TIL Rembrandt had a 6 year affair with his son's nanny; when they split she successfully sued for alimony, he later had her committed.
Zppa4 TIL Zeno of Citium, the founder of stoicism, wrote his own version of The Republic in response to Plato's. The work has not survived, but it depicted a stoic utopia based on the principles of asceticism.