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TIL: The US Navy sends medics to the high-volume emergency rooms of LA and Chicago to prep them to be deployed.

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0yoM TIL Carl Sagan was part of Project A119, a project whose goal was to explode a nuclear weapon on the moon.
v1Vdj TIL: Ireland held Tailteann mass marriages where couples were allowed to wed and be married for a year to see if they were fit for each other. They could divorce by proceeding to the so called “separation hills” without leaving a mark on their reputation. This was legal until the 13th century.
78Or TIL Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for portraying Hannibal Lecter in Silence of Lambs, with only 16 mins of screen time (14% of the films length).
ADoK4 Til: A male ferret is called a hob; a female ferret is a jill. A spayed female is a sprite, a neutered male is a gib, and a vasectomised male is known as a hoblet. Ferrets under one year old are known as kits. A group of ferrets is known as a "business".
4kNo TIL the insult “Douchebag” was originally a derogatory term for women who were promiscuous.