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TIL about commotio cordis, sudden death from from cardiac ventricular fibrillation caused by a chest impact over the heart.

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dDxx8 TIL Dunbar's research suggests that humans can comfortably maintain approximately 150meaningful relationships. These relationships can range from close family and friends to more distant acquaintances. Beyond the number, it becomes increasingly challenging to remember and maintain social connections
oBWoW TIL that in 1997, dockers in Oakland, Vancouver, Yokohama and Kobe refused to work a scab ship from Liverpool in solidarity with 500 Liverpool dockers who were sacked for refusing to cross a picket line. There is no confirmation of what finally happened to those containers.
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