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TIL body cameras are being marketed for hospital workers in the U.S. and there are privacy concerns that this will cause footage of a patient's most intimate and private moments to be accessible by numerous hospital employees, hackers, and criminals.

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LQjyv Today I learned that Pronghorn aka the "American Antelope" is not an Antelope at all, but it's own species that is more closely related to the giraffe and the okapi than anything else!
neZgo TIL that despite what you've seen on TV countless times, you can't revive a flat-lining patient by shocking them. Defibrillation works but reorganizing the heart's electrical activity into a better rhythm, but a flat-lining patient doesn't have any electrical activity to organize.
gMK44 TIL In 2013, the state of Mississippi officially ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. Until that time, the state had not submitted the required documents for it to officially complete the ratification process.
eZvn TIL the oldest known socks were intended to be worn with sandals
Dv8e TIL Croissants are Austrian, not French.