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TIL The earliest defibrillation was done on a chicken in 1775

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GAwWQ TIL although Showgirls (1995) grossed just $37.8 million against a $45 million budget during its theatrical run, it went on to earn more than $100 million from home video sales & rentals which allowed the film to turn a profit. It also became one of MGM's top 20 all-time home video bestsellers.
dMMZ TIL that, if she still reigns in September 2015, Queen Elizabeth II will be the british monarch who will have ruled the longest.
P1MlE TIL the Anga people of Papua New Guinea smoke their dead to preserve them
d8V8Z TIL The PS2 game, Katamari Damacy, holds a US patent for "how the game maintains the roughly spherical nature of the katamari when objects are picked up".
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