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TIL that medical students disproportionately come from affluent backgrounds

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gDOW TIL Robert Lincoln, Abe Lincoln’s son, was in line at an elevated station platform. The train mistakenly moved causing him to fall through an opening, but he was pulled up just in time to be saved. The hero was Edwin Booth, brother of the man who went on to assassinate Abe Lincoln 1-2 years later.
QBjp TIL that a finger with nerve damage won’t wrinkle under water.
R5jo7 TIL that the founder of Qualcomm pursued a degree in hotel management at Cornell University for a year and a half before switching to electrical engineering.
jNX1N TIL that the location of a polling place can influence how people vote. For example, if it's at a school it may lead to people voting for increased funding to education.
jNBNj TIL that trees release so called monoterpenes to start the condensation of new clouds to help block the sun and cool themselves if it's too hot.