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TIL despite a US law stating that all physicians must be trained in the field of nutrition, a study of physicians in internal medicine showed that while 94% agreed it was their obligation to discuss nutrition with patients, only 14% felt they were adequately trained to provide nutrition counseling.

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OopRY TIL Last year a bar-tailed godwit was tracked flying for 239 hours non-stop, covering 8100 miles from Alaska to New South Wales
j6roX TIL that there is an ALS-Parkinson's-dementia overlap syndrome seen almost exclusively in Guam called lytico-bodig disease. It was first reported in 1904 and by the 1950s had become the leading cause of death on the island before largely disappearing. The cause remains unknown.
NDyJ TIL in 1920, the U.S. Department of Justice arrested thousands of innocent Americans for radical leftist activity, in what is now called the Palmer Raids
KOmA4 TIL before Gilligan's Island got its famous theme, the pilot featured a 6 minute long Calypso song written by a then-unknown John Williams
ADwpn TIL of the Congressional Apportionment Amendment. Proposed in 1789 along with 11 other bills (10 of which would become the bill of rights), it remains to this day a pending amendment to the US constitution. If 31 more states ratify it, the size of the House would grow to 6,565 members.