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TIL a state license to be an EMT in Louisiana requires 41 days of training. Manicurist: 117 days. Barber: 350. Vet tech: 730. Most days of training required: 2,190 days to be an interior designer.

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K4ER TIL a larger number of bumper stickers on a car indicates a higher likelihood of being involved in a road rage incident.
dD8oK TIL the control of fire by early humans a million years ago changed our sleeping patterns. Exposure to artificial light during the afternoon altered humans' circadian rhythms and contributed to a longer waking day, giving us 16 hours in the waking day while most mammals are only awake for half that.
a8kb9 TIL that the Marine Band consists of experienced musicians who are enlisted as Marines after auditioning. They are the only members of the armed forces who do not undergo boot camp.
6klW TIL the Bowhead whale is by far the longest living mammal in the world and has been know to live up to 211 years. Some have even been found with the tips of ivory spears still lodged in their flesh from failed attempts by whalers of the 1800’s.
v14j8 TIL that British WWII General, Bernard Montgomery, first courted a woman when he was in his late thirties in 1925. His approach to romance included "drawing diagrams in the sand of how he would deploy his tanks and infantry in a future war." Said young woman declined his proposal for marriage.