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TIL that there is a difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest! And if you attempt to use a defibrillator on a heart attack victim, you may actually kill them!

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aw7yZ TIL that over 90% of the ocean's plastic waste comes from just 10 rivers, 8 of which are in Asia, and 2 of which are in Africa.
9Zmr TIL in 1984 An automatic weapon was fired from the Libyan embassy in London, injuring 11 and killing a British policewoman. However, the killer enjoyed diplomatic immunity. Because the killer was never brought to justice the UK later allowed the USA to bomb Libya from American bases in the UK.
ndo7 TIL Mark Zuckerberg ate meat only from the animals he killed, as a personal challenge to himself for 2011
yVWRJ TIL the first eclipse to be known in advance of its occurrence happened in 585 BC and was accurately predicted by Thales of Miletus. The methods he used for his prediction remain unknown.
GAP9Q TIL In 2005, the CIA destroyed over 90 video tapes showing the torture of two Al-Qaeda suspects at a black site in Thailand in 2002. In 2010, the Justice Department declined to charge the Chief of the Directorate of Operations (Jose Rodriguez) for ordering the destruction of the tapes.