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TIL the reason why residents (Doctors) work so many hours is that guy who invented the residency program was a coke addict

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jkXj TIL there was a controversial Seinfeld episode that was never filmed due to its dark subject matter; the cast began rehearsing, but upon learning the script involved Elaine purchasing a handgun, holding it to her head and joking “Where do you want it Jerry? The Kennedy?”, they said it went too far
v1JwK An image of a clearly ecstatic tigress hugging an ancient Manchurian fir tree in a remote Siberian forest has won one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes.
wK08 TIL If all the gold suspended in the world’s seawater were mined, each person on Earth could have about 9 pounds of gold.
EKy0 TIL USA has produced 76% of the world’s known serial killers in the 20th century, and around 85% since 1980.
87M4 TIL: Before WWII, skim milk, as a byproduct of the butter making process, was either thrown out or used to fatten pigs up. Shortly thereafter, it was marketed as a weightloss food to people.