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TIL that the symbol of medicine in the U.S. isn’t the Rod of Asclepius, which is the Greek symbol of medicine. It’s the Caduceus, the Greek symbol of commerce.

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mxmoO TIL Female brown trout will fake 'orgasms' when courting with inferior males. She'll give all the right visual cues as if about to release eggs for fertilisation, but doesn't; the male will frantically ejaculate, not notice he's been duped, and swim away.
p8Ooe TIL : There are problems which can't be solved even if we have plenty of resources. These are called as undecidable problems. For such a problem, a computer might give a wrong answer or it will run forever without a solution.
vyQx TIL that a 50 second “movie”, released in 1896, of a train approaching the camera, caused moviegoers to panic and run to the back of the room to avoid the train.
ke0m TIL that a high school football coach got half the fans of his own team to cheer for the other team, because the other team was from a maximum-security juvenile correctional facility and didn’t have any fans of their own.
loan5 TIL about the ghost ship Deering. The ship was abandoned by the crew, who took personal belongings, navigational equipment, papers and the ship's anchor. Despite an FBI investigation, no trace of the crew or the ship's logs were ever found. Speculation ranges from a mutiny to Bolshevik pirates.