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TIL that Indiana cardiologist Edward Harlamert broke the Guinness World Record for stents (34) by implanting at least 41 into his patient's coronary arteries, for a total of 48 stents in the man's chest. (Harlamert is now named in a malpractice complaint for stents by said patient and others.)

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4XGp6 TIL The Three Stooges were Jewish, often used Yiddish in place of gibberish, and were the first in Hollywood to satirize Hitler in 1940 - nine months before Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator
GY6yN TIL that about one to two percent of United States Armed Forces members are estimated to belong to criminal gangs in the United States, which is 50 to 100 times the rate or the general population
nbeP TIL along the busy highways of Australia, volunteers hand out coffee, tea , and snacks to sleepy drivers. The Stop, Revive and Survive program has been running for more than 20 years with one objective: to reduce road collisions by alleviating driver fatigue.
rRpaw TIL in one comic, Superman turned Lois Lane Black for a day.
1argd TIL Saint Francis of Assisi believed that nature itself was the mirror of God. He called all creatures his "brothers" and "sisters", and even preached to the birds.