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TIL that in 1961, only 10% of physicians thought it was correct to tell a patient about a fatal cancer diagnosis

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Wk9QL TIL that some individuals lack verbal internal monologue or inner voice (the voice inside your head used to read and think) and reports of these cases are particularly prevalent among children.
X0BeR TIL there's only two swets of escalators in the state of Wyoming in the US (pop ~587,618; land area 253,335 km2 / 97,813 sq mi)
oRK67 TIL Australia's first ever medal won at the Winter Olympics was a gold medal in Short Track Skating and the skater, Steven Bradbury, was dubbed "the accidental hero" after winning in a very bizarre sequence of his rivals colliding in all the elimination phases (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final)
b004 TIL that crocodiles will balance sticks over their snouts in order to lure water birds that are searching for nesting material. They have only been seen doing this during the bird’s nesting season.
889Z TIL: a man suffering from muteness spoke his first words in over 6 years after riding Coney Island’s Cyclone coaster. His words were, “I feel sick.”