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TIL that the United States has a strategic stockpile of mechanical ventilators, for deployment in a national health emergency

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JYxZv TIL Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" was inspired by an older woman Stewart describes as a sexual predator who took his virginity at a jazz festival when he was 16. Though his record company thought Maggie May had no commercial potential, it went on to become #1 in the US and the UK in October, 1971.
kbjm TIL a possible origin of the name Cerberus (the multi-headed dog of the Greek god Hades) is the Proto-Indo-European word k̑érberos, meaning “spotted”. Hades’ dog might have literally been named “Spot”.
Y7yxA TIL that 6174 is called the Kaprekar Constant after Indian Mathematician D.R. Kaprekar. No matter which four digit number you start with (as long as it is not identical), you will always end up at 6174 in a maximum of seven iterations.
Y1Nx TIL: An Oregon elementary school cancelled its Pay-to-Pee Policy. The program punished children for needing to use the restroom outside of their scheduled bathroom breaks.
a8mQN TIL a woman presented with a persistent cough & fever for 6 months & despite receiving antibiotics & anti-tuberculosis meds during 4 of those months, her symptoms did not improve. Eventually, the cause was found to be an inverted bag-like structure in her lung that was later revealed to be a condom.