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TIL there was a moratorium on the establishment of new US MD-granting institutions from 1980 to 2005, which artificially suppressed the supply of doctors. We're still playing catch-up.

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9mb7 TIL that above 70 Manhattan Project scientists signed a petition(Szilard Petition) to President Truman to beg that the bomb should not be used on a civilian population in Japan.
kXWm TIL The original creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, was also friends with L. Ron Hubbard, the creator of Scientology, and boasted that he, too, could have started his own religion if he wanted to.
yZjp TIL “backwards american flags” on airplanes and military uniforms are worn with the stars in front to “give the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as the wearer moves forward.”
ADO84 TIL The citizens of the city of Austin, TX voted to name a solid waste depot the "Fred Durst Center for the Arts and Humanities"
lwj5 TIL there was an “MIT Guide to Lock Picking” first published in 1987, 30 years ago. Here’s the full guide