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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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OJxg TIL a slave named Gordon ran away from a Mississippi plantation and used onions to throw bloodhounds off his scent. He went on to become a Union soldier during the Civil War. His photo was used by abolitionists to cast light on the brutality of slavery.
4yxN TIL that a 2012 paper found evidence of systematic electronic vote rigging in the 2008 US General Election and 2012 Republican Primaries
OoeMY TIL that schizophrenic voices are shaped by local culture. Patients in America hear voices asking them to do violent things whereas in Africa and India the voices they hear are usually of dead relatives or nice voices offering comfort
w7n7 TIL Giant, 50-Pound European catfish beach themselves in order to capture and eat pigeons.
DDGe TIL during the 1920s, a devastating illness swept the world without known cause, attacking peoples’ brains, leaving victims speechless and motionless. The disease, known as Encephalitis Lethargica, killed nearly a million people and left millions more frozen inside their bodies. No cure was found.