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TIL there is a difference between medical signs and symptoms

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yVrG8 TIL during the 18th century, you could pay your admission ticket to the zoo in London by bringing a cat or a dog to feed the lions.
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YbXG TIL that all restaurants in Wisconsin were required by law to serve cheese and butter with every meal from 1935 to 1937.
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