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TIL Kaninhoppning also known as Rabbit agility, is a sport where rabbits are led through a course by their owners, similar to horse show jumping. It began in Sweden in the early 1970s.

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AJld TIL the Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because “there was no suitable living candidate.” This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
K7vE TIL that in 1774 two London doctors formed an institution to treat drowning victims. One treatment used: Smoke Enemas. Volunteer medical assistants (called ‘Pipe Smoker London Medics’) inserted an enema tube with rubber tubing attachments into the victim and blew smoke into the rectum.
9jMp TIL nearly 2/3 of the Hindenburg’s passengers survived the fiery wreck, and one still lives today, 80 years later.
OopBX TIL birds have two lungs and two additional air sacs which allow breathing to continuously flow in a single direction through their respiratory system. This allows oxygen intake even when they exhale, which is especially needed at high flying altitudes.
N78W1 TIL the 1910s and 1920s are the only two decades when the median center of U.S. population moved east, instead of west.