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TIL one of the inventors of the modern MRI machine first tested it on himself. Dr. Peter Mansfield of Nottingham University went inside the full-sized prototype in 1978, producing the first MRI scan of a live patient

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KMw4 TIL that France has labor laws giving all employees 5 weeks of vacation time, Luxembourg: 25 days, Germany: 4 weeks, Croatia: 20 days, Venezuela: 15 days, Puerto Rico: 15 days, Saudi Arabia: 21 days, China: 5 days. The only country listed with 0 days: The United States
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