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TIL during the aftermath of Katrina, Memorial Hospital in New Orleans euthanized patients the staff felt they could not reasonably evacuate.

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Z8XMQ TIL during the Salem Witch Trials, when Sarah Good was asked to confess at her execution, she told minister Nicholas Noyes "You are a liar! I am no more a witch than you are a wizard, and if you take away my life God will give you blood to drink”. 25 years later, Noyes died of a haemorrhage.
RVY1 TIL Time Warner Cable significantly changes its offering depending on whether or not it has a monopoly on the market.
OGyK4 TIL that a pub in London was illegally demolished just days before it was to be listed as an historic site. They developer was forced to rebuild it brick by brick to its original state.
nWVK7 TIL that The Beatles recorded German-language versions of their songs "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" in 1964 made specifically for the German market.
VMbMm TIL when Jonas Salk, who developed the first protective agent for polio, was asked about who has the patent, he responded by saying "Well the people, I would say, there is no patent" and then laughs saying "could you patent the sun?"