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TIL Before being stationed in Antarctica Australian physicians have their appendix removed to ensure they do not get appendicitis.

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Qpn6 TIL of target fixation, when a person is concentrating so much on avoiding something that he increases the chances of hitting it. Racecar drivers, fighter pilots, mountain bikers, and others moving at high speed can experience the issue.
epdgb TIL New Mexico has an official state cowboy song; "Under New Mexico Skies"
wLMJP TIL Curious George's name is "Hitomane Kozaru" in Japan, "Peter Pedal" in Denmark, and "Nicke Nyfiken" in Sweden. He was given the spunky name "Zozo" in the UK, because people thought it was disrespectful to name a monkey after the current king.
Br9DL TIL after George I of England’s death, his mistress the Duchess of Kendal kept a raven that she believed to be him
9YVMX TIL about agricultural slavery in present day southern italy run by the local Mafia. It is not only tolerated by local police, but is actually supported.