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TIL John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy.

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XkOk TIL: In London, Ontario a flame of hope was lit in 1989 as a tribute to Dr. Frederick Banting and all the people that have lost their lives to diabetes. The flame will remain lit until there is a cure for diabetes.
wLeb1 TIL that Aitabdel Salem spent 5 months in one of America’s worst prisons because no one told him his bail was just $2
xBgb TIL that doctors in countries with more “socialized medicine” only make slightly less annually than U.S. doctors. A major argument against social medicine is that doctors should be well-paid, and social medicine would demand major pay cuts.
N7AgJ TIL that there are two timezones for the Eastern Time Zone, depending on whether Daylight Savings is being observed.
DXmV TIL that tough on crime politician, Ernie Preate, was sentenced to prison himself. When he first lined up for diner “It was just a sea of black faces,” Preate remembers “I said to myself, ‘Oh, my God, I helped create this.’”