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TIL the first national Doctors' Day observance was held on March 30, 1933 on the anniversary of the first administration of general anesthesia (for surgery) by Dr. Crawford W. Long in Jefferson, Georgia, in 1842

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XjLj TIL the Led Zeppelin song “Gallows Pole” is a version of a centuries-old folk song. Traditionally the main character bribes the executioner to let them go. In the Zeppelin version the executioner takes the money but carries through with the execution.
BrlBW TIL Mosquitoes are attracted to the scent of our body. As such, mosquito repellents evaporate on the skin and work by blocking a mosquito's sense of smell, preventing it from finding its target.
9mom TIL Cats have a distinct temperature preference for their food, preferring food at around 38 °C which is similar to that of a fresh kill and routinely rejecting food presented cold (which would signal to the cat that the “prey” is long dead and therefore possibly toxic or decomposing).
LQOPm TIL From 2002 to 2011, accidents on backyard trampolines accounted for nearly 289,000 visits to emergency rooms for broken bones. Factor in all accidents, not just fractures, and the tally rises to more than 1 million ER visits.
YpD4G TIL the album “Blurryface” by Twenty One Pilots was the first to have every song certified as at least gold