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TIL in a Johns Hopkins Survey, 90 percent of doctors said they'd rather die by cardiac arrest than be resuscitated. Only a quarter of the public feels the same way.

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nvpB TIL in a 2012 Honduras prison fire inmates broke through wood and zinc ceilings to escape the fire only to find themselves being shot at by guards who feared a jail break. 355 prisoners were killed.
v1Ep7 TIL: The classic fairytale ending, "And they lived happily ever after", differs slightly from country to country. In Russia, the ending is, "They lived long and happily, and died together on the same day."
am6N TIL there is a Japanese spirit that haunts people by bending over, revealing a giant eye protruding from his butthole
wEQP TIL that early American humans hunted car-size armadillos and used their shells for houses.
16lkV TIL the St Bernard in Beethoven 1 & 2 was named “Chris” and he retired to a farm when he got too old to act (also there are 8 Beethoven movies)