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TIL that before standard CPR was invented, the dominant response to cardiac arrest was to cut open the chest and massage the heart directly in the hands.

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dG6Z TIL that King Henry the 8th’s dead body exploded in his coffin.
oJ0r TIL That the officer in charge of guarding Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theater left his post to go drinking… at the same bar where John Wilkes Booth was building up the courage to shoot the President.
e0VEg TIL that honey bees only die after they sting humans (or other mammals), but are able to repeatedly sting other insects because they can successfully retract their stinger
R7rZ1 TIL President JFK had an affair with a 19 year old White House intern, including one instance where he dared her successfully to perform oral sex on his special assistant, Dave Powers
1aGvd TIL former NFL players have formed a group pushing for NFL to allow players to use Cannabis and curb the painkiller epidemic