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TIL the modern doctors aren't required to take Hippocratic oath and can use modernized version or Declaration of Geneva or Oath of Maimonides

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nWWko TIL that there are more Lebanese descendants in Brazil than people living in Lebanon
dDKej TIL about Charles Neil and his involvement in the Neil-Reynolds report. President Roosevelt sent Neil and James Reynolds to inspect reports of bad slaughterhouse conditions. Their report, which highlighted revolting issues with American meats, led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act.
wo6a8 TIL the zipper, originally called the “Hookless Fastener” and patented as the “Separable Fastener” in the 1910s, was first used on tobacco pouches and boots. By the 1920s and 1930s, it gained popularity in children’s clothing and men’s trousers.
00Wp TIL The wreck of a WW2 “Liberty ship” is sitting off the coast of Kent and it’s loaded with 1400 tonnes of explosives, the equivalent of a small nuclear device.
lopjr TIL severe birth defects are common in Iraq to this day because the US used weapons made with depleted uranium in the war