› added 8 years ago

315

TIL 40% of patients subject to medical malpractice reported that if they had received an explanation and apology, they would not have felt the need to file suit

Read more ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

via reddit.com

M7RKV TIL: Most sailboats over the length of 16 feet have some form of engine and/or auxiliary power.
X0pP TIL the more likely a man can grow a beard, the more likely he will eventually go bald
r6A1 TIL that a mountain Wyoming is almost 300 million years older than the rocks it rests on. It travelled over 25 miles
eJXb TIL In 1986 approximately 6.5 million people held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes along a path across the contiguous United States.
69BQm TIL In the 1900s, German was the dominant language for science (thanks to Einstein, Planck, Heisenberg and others). It was only until mid 1990s that English firmly established itself as the main language.