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Physicians and veterinarians agree: If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and is sick like a duck, it's best for it to be treated by someone trained to treat a duck. Faced with such a scenario, physicians would be armed only with what they know about human biology. And that doesn't go very far, says Rika Maeshiro, the director of Public Health and Prevention Projects for the Association of American Medical Colleges.

JYeel TIL there are rural areas of northern England where the pronouns “thou” and “thee” are still in common use
rpjM TIL that some chimpanzees and monkeys have entered the stone age
0wMK1 TIL that, until 1791, the Bethlem Royal Hospital, or Bedlam, welcomed paying visitors who watched the patients and sometimes taunted them with sticks or otherwise abused them
4X99X TIL The part of Quebec containing the provincial capital is known as the "Capitale-Nationale"
Z8dVY TIL Pangolin is neither cheap nor delicious. It is incredibly expensive and tastes awful.