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TIL in 1931 a 15 year old went to a hospital in Chicago and was mistakenly given a transfusion of blood from a parrot because the physician misheard the doctor’s instruction to “use her parents’ blood.” The hospital staff frantically searched for a parrot and extracted its blood for injection

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0weK5 TIL Barnum's American Museum had crowds that would linger inside too long. To make way for new paying guests, signs saying "This Way to the Egress" were put up. Not knowing Egress was another word for Exit, people followed the signs to what they assumed was a fascinating exhibit but ended up outside
Xwx8 TIL that this is the oldest known photograph of a human being in existence. This is a busy street and there was tons of traffic, but since the exposure was so long, about 15-20 minutes, none of the moving figures can be seen. Only one man shows up.
KgB4 TIL that 11% of people are stupid enough to use 1234 as their PIN, and approximately 26.83% of PIN’s could be guessed within 20 attempts by using things like 1111, 2222, 1000 etc.
gMZG8 TIL: to make the Cannibal Holocaust movie appear as the recovered footage of missing documentarians, director Ruggero Deodato had some actors sign contracts that disallowed them to appear in media for 1 year after the film's release. Because of this, he was later charged with making a snuff film.
Z8Pwo TIL that Matt Stutzmann- a man without arms- holds the record in archery for the farthest accurate shot under FITA conditions. The shot is on 283.47 m (930.04 ft)!