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TIL that the stethoscope was invented when a doctor felt uncomfortable placing his head on a woman's chest.

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gLG8 TIL that octopuses have been observed learning how to dismantle Lego structures and open child-proof caps on medicine bottles.
m1pnE TIL: A newer study about marital issues contradicts a previous laboratory study which concluded that money is not a frequent source of marital conflict. Using real world data from parents in schools, churches, etc, money was the main source of marital conflict and had a big effect on relationships.
QJEj9 TIL the producers of The Simpsons considered aborting the series if the second episode’s animation turned out as bad as the first, which was so appalling that after seeing it for the first time, they had to redo 70% of before it could go to air.
Yae7 TIL that the Coen Brothers mistakenly cast Josh Brolin as the star of “No Country For Old Men” thinking that they were casting his father, James Brolin.
VMvmp til of r.a.p.p. (rockers against pay-to-play), a group in los angeles in the late eighties who organized protests against hollywood music venues that required performers to buy a large amount of pre-sale tickets before they would book the aforementioned act