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TIL that one of the reasons why women are less likely to be given CPR than men is because people can be afraid of inappropriately touching a woman's chest while administering CPR. To try to address this issue, a vest with "breasts" was invented to put on flat-chested CPR training manikins.

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p8aJe TIL that the Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana Mexico, not Rome, in 1924 by Caesar Cardini
OypY TIL that an idea from Donald Duck comic was used to raise a sunken ship, and the prior art from the comic may have been used to deny a patent on the ship raising method
9yyQ TIL that on September 11 2001, Delta flight 15 had to land near Lewisporte, Newfoundland (pop. 4000). The town took care of 800 passengers for 3 days with homemade food, toiletries and fresh blankets daily. Since then, Flight 15 Fund has raised 1.5 million dollars and has presented 134 scholarships.
6E7pQ TIL that clapperboards are used to synchronize audio and video captured in separate devices
8a6R8 TIL that in the 1952 polio epidemic in Denmark, mortality was over 85 per cent due to a shortage of respirators. Dr Bjorn Ibsen invented a new kind of ventilator, proved it worked and then recruited thousands of volunteers to hand-pump them for weeks (they were fully manual). Mortality fell to 26%.