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TIL The CPR survival rate in actual hospitals is about 12%, and it’s 55% in television hospitals

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NjY8 TIL the citizens of Nova Scotia, Canada gladly donate their largest Christmas tree to Boston every year as a token of their gratitude, since Boston was one of the first cities to help them after the big Halifax Explosion.
AGNx TIL the only evidence of the deaths of most of the RMS Titanic’s passengers are pairs of shoes laying side by side on the ocean floor, where bodies had lain before decomposing.
8exeL TIL that hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward. They are also the only birds capable of hovering in the air for an extended period.
QJZe TIL that a contestant on The Price Is Right dropped three chips into the Plinko board which all landed in the $10,000 slot, because fishing lines used to rig the game were accidentally left in after an advertisement was taped.
MvN7 TIL the Soviet Union still has an active internet domain suffix in operation, .su. It has since become a haven for cybercriminals and dark net users, as well as for the Donetsk People’s Republic