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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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Z8xR4 TIL of Brian Spencer, a former NHL hockey player who's father, upon hearing his son was starting in his first game, held a Canadian TV station hostage and forced them to broadcast it, before being shot and killed. After his career, Brian too was shot & killed during a robbery after buying crack.
bwK4 TIL that we still do not know how to define death. These “beating heart corpses” can urinate; their bodies rumble, their wounds heal; they can blush and sweat, & can even have babies. Yet, clinically, they are dead. One method to determine death has won a Nobel prize
R5B78 TIL IKEA is the 6th largest food chain in the world
5Pk9 TIL There’s a theme park in Japan where kids can experience adult life (working, banking, etc)
grX0D TIL: The state of California maintains a system of floating restrooms to keep boaters and fishermen from peeing in reservoirs