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TIL that in 1972, there were only 12 paramedic units in North America. The TV show Emergency! starring Randolph Mantooth as Johnny Gage introduced people to the concept of pre-hospital care and CPR.

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78oyL TIL that in 2009, hundreds of brightly-colored bird specimens were stolen from the Natural History Museum London. It was later found that a student had sold them online to be used for fly-fishing lures.
rRo7w TIL There's a mountain in Australia named Mt. Disappointment because the explorers were unimpressed with the view at the top.
rR1Gd TIL A study found that people would rather give themselves electric shocks than sit in the silence of their thoughts
a80xN TIL the SEC pays 10-30% of the fine to whistleblowers whose info leads to over $1m fines
BrMrr TIL An acre was historically the amount of land tillable by one man behind one ox in one day. Poor farming technologies and the need for farmland to be close to the river means that acres were traditionally long and narrow.