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WB09 TIL in 2004 a 15 year old girl was bit by a bat she picked up. After showing signs of rabies a month later, doctors devised a last ditch experimental treatment that cured her. She is the first known person to have survived after showing rabies symptoms
OXr7 TIL Nicholas Cage, to avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, he changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.
P1K9w 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.
dDKN8 TIL about "The Orphan Trains." Thousands of children were shipped via trains from the East Coast to the Midwest to be adopted upon arrival. Some children were adopted by themselves, whilst others were adopted as families.
LpWm TIL That the U.S. Military used (and may still use) the “Meow Mix” commercial theme song as a torture device in some prisons, by playing it loud and on repeat.