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TIL that first responders are often given a stork pin to wear on their uniform to commemorate assisting with a birth in the field.

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gMo6X TIL the advice to drive with your hands at "10 and 2 o'clock" on the steering wheel is outdated. The 9 and 3 o'clock positions are now recommended, to avoid major injury to hands, fingers, and faces, from airbags.
VMbJk TIL White torture is the most horrible torture method known
6DZm TIL Deaf People Don’t Make the “Achoo” Sound When They Sneeze, Meaning Peer Pressure Influences What Your Sneeze Sounds Like.
XEx08 TIL A 2013 study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine revealed that 69% of doctors reported that they abused prescription medicine “to relieve stress & physical or emotional pain." Rates of addiction are highest within the specialties of anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and psychiatry.
0dp91 TIL about Jetpack man an unknown person or object that has been observed flying what appears to be an unauthorized jetpack around the Los Angeles California area at least five times in 2020–21