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TIL people believe that survival rate after CPR is 75%, while in reality it's only 7.6% after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and only 17% for in-hospital cardiac arrest

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GALR7 TIL the largest population of raccoons outside North America is in Germany. Raccoons are now distributed in several European and Asian countries, as a result of escapes and deliberate introductions
OonR7 Not all planes end up in aircraft graveyards. There's a whole industry waiting to recycle commercial planes once they're retired and taken out of service.
5YlaP TIL Harold Ramis took meth right before his military draft physical to get out of the Vietnam war.
x7pB TIL: Steve Buscemi was a New York City fire fighter from 1980 to 1984. After the events of 9/11, he showed up in NYC to volunteer, working twelve-hour shifts for a week, and digging through rubble with his old comrades looking for missing firefighters
XEXAj TIL there is a virus that turns pill bugs blue.