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TIL our Milky Way galaxy is estimated to contain between 100 and 400 billion stars

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loGmV TIL There’s a paradoxical relationship between doctors’ strikes and mortality rates: when doctors go on strike, the mortality rate either stays the same or goes down. Of the 5 strikes studied, none increased the mortality rate.
BWwd TIL that “Dr.” Martin Luther King’s Ph.D thesis was plagiarized, and many of his speeches were “borrowed”.
VMmeQ TIL Dr. Leonid Rogozov developed appendicitis during the Soviet Antarctic Expedition and had to self-surgically perform an appendectomy since there were no other physicians present. He returned to work two weeks later and was eventually awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.
Kavw TIL That a friendly exchange between an American and Chinese player in the 1971 World Ping-Pong Championship prompted Mao Zedong to invite the American table-tennis to China, helping re-open Sino-American relations for the first time since the cold war.
KZ99 TIL “Stayin’ Alive” by Bee Gees was used in a study to train medical staff to perform CPR. The song has close to 104 beats per minute, and 100-120 chest compressions per minute are recommended by the British Heart Foundation.