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TIL That Scrubs was filmed at a decommissioned hospital and that from time to time people would show up seeking medical care thinking it was a real hospital.

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5VYKp TIL that the jacket that Jackie Kennedy (John F. Kennedy's wife) wore on the day of JFK's assassination cannot be displayed in public until the year 2103.
GYvA7 TIL the iconic sound in "Come Together" by The Beatles is John Lennon saying "shoo" through hand claps on tape echo
5Ywnr TIL: A British Navy Stoker managed to escape from a sinking submarine and get to the surface over a 100 feet up. He then swam five miles to land.
0wDQR TIL that a woman in Florida surgically implanted a Disney World MagicBand into her arm. MagicBands are used at the parks to keep track of tickets, purchases, and room keys. Disney now puts a "not intended for subdermal use" warning on all their MagicBands.
pLOe TIL that Sir Isaac Newton, while Master of the Royal Mint, personally went undercover in bars and taverns to root out rampant counterfeiting, which was high treason (punishable by being hanged, drawn and quartered). He successfully prosecuted 28 counterfeiters in 18 months.