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TIL PubMed, a free database available to the public containing huge amounts new science studies, papers, and research, is slowly dying due to federal budget cuts. They are currently on a stand still of posting new data due to staff limitations.

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b454 TIL after waiting more than 24 hours for treatment in an NYC psychiatric hospital, a woman collapsed, convulsed, and died in the waiting room and remained there for an hour before anyone checked on her.
mx8xy TIL that Steven Spielberg receives 2.5% of the profits from Star Wars as a result of a trade with George Lucas
MDMa TIL corgis are bred short so that they can nip at the heels of cows and sheep while herding and not get kicked in the head in the process.
P11kZ TIL About the Resolute Desk, which was built from the scrap of the HMS Resolute. It has been used by most Presidents since 1880.
xVR6o TIL An English manager has never won the Premier League. Since the Premier League started in 1992 11 managers have won but none of them have been English