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TIL that the CPR doll is modeled after a real person. Her name was L'Inconnue de la Seine and she drowned in a river near Paris. She has come to be known as “the most kissed face in the world”.

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N7JP6 TIL that NASCAR oval tracks are run counterclockwise because the Brits run their horse races clockwise and America runs left to spite the king.
v1GkL TIL That there is a special type of font for people with Dyslexia. Henry Winkler (Fonzie on Happy Days) has written a series of children's books using this font. He did so because he has dyslexia. The books tell the story of Hank, a kid with Dyslexia. The font has more space between letters.
P1eRw TIL about Callon of Epidaurus, who underwent the first recorded sex reassignment surgery in the 2nd century BC and then socially transitioned from a priestess to a man.
dDVwj TIL the link between creative genius and mental illness. That highly creative artists have temperaments more akin to manic depressives than to the general public
Oord1 TIL that the shortcut SHIFT + TAB moves you back to the previous input field. I no longer have to TAB 10 times to get back to the field I skipped