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TIL a highly religious physician by the name of Rene’ Leannec invented the stethoscope because he was uncomfortable putting his ear to the chest of women.

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d819K TIL Full House star, Jodie Sweetin, was born in jail (starts at 2:30)
KgB4 TIL that 11% of people are stupid enough to use 1234 as their PIN, and approximately 26.83% of PIN’s could be guessed within 20 attempts by using things like 1111, 2222, 1000 etc.
gM9EX TIL the film U-571 caused issues in the UK. It depicted British sailors as American. The film depicts the capture of the first naval enigma machine. In reality, the US had not joined the war at this point. The US did not capture a naval enigma machine until long after the code had been broken.
4kglX TIL that in 1994, Lennox Lewis was paid $4 million by Don King, to step aside as the mandatory challenger to Mike Tyson, and allow Tyson to fight Bruce Seldon instead.
rRKde TIL that Disney is an anglicized version of the French name “D’Isigny”, meaning “From Isigny”. Descendants from the same ancestors as Walt formed a cheese company in France. They sometimes collaborate and make Mickey-themed cheese packages.