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TIL Dr. William Halsted pioneered modern medical residency training and sterile surgical techniques, while also dealing with a cocaine addiction. His long hours, fueled by his substance use, influenced the expectations of medical and surgical residents today.

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j6GVj TIL that in the internal data of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, there is data for Professor Oak as a Pokémon Trainer. His team includes the starter Pokémon that neither the player nor the rival chose, and his Pokémon have higher levels than those of the Champion and the final boss, the rival.
lOVN TIL that as of 2013 two hundred thousand (200,000) were interned in North Korea’s “Auschwitz-Like” concentration camps.
QJwod TIL a strong erection is roughly 78% blood by volume but uses less than 3% of the body’s total blood volume at any given time.
xeO0 TIL that the sounds of the TIE fighters in star wars were a combo of an elephant call and a car driving on wet pavement
voL4 TIL 13.8% of cigarette smokers do not consider cigarette butts to be ‘litter’