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TIL Preparation H wanted to use Johnny Cash’s song “Ring of Fire” in their commercials

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rK4 TIL that until 1987 all media stations were legally required to provide fair and balanced coverage to controversial issues
wLEWE TIL that in early 20th century doctors had a biased understanding of human anatomy because of only having access to the cadavers of poor people. In anatomy classes, they were used to the enlarged adrenal glands (which was actually caused by stress from poverty) and thought this was the normal size
ye0M TIL the record for quickest pit stop, changing all 4 tires, is 2.31 seconds.
wLkME TIL that a British army Officer Henry Tandey, took pity on a wounded German soilder and did not shoot him down while the latter was fleeing the battle field in WWI. This gesture of kindness had the worst butterfly effect in history, as the wounded soilder was Adolf Hitler.
jNB8v TIL that the Wehrmacht suffered 80% of its military deaths in WW2 on the Eastern Front