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TIL Apollo 7 was the first well-documented instance of someone coming down with a cold in space.

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vPEPB TIL the longest medically verified amount of time that someone has spent sleeping, was 11 days by a 7 year old boy called Wyatt Shaw
kJg TIL An ER doctor received so many patients from an Amazon Warehouse in Allentown, PA he reported it to OSHA for unsafe working conditions.
m1myv TIL Photographer Edward Kim was the first American photojournalist to gain entry into North Korea when he covered the country for National Geographic in 1974
6xbQ TIL a drunk Richard Nixon ordered a nuclear strike on North Korea for shooting down a spy plane. Henry Kissinger intervened and made him sober up before deciding.
W7GB TIL the worst time of the year to get sick is in July, this is when medical school graduates begin residencies. The risk of medical errors and surgical complications increase during this time.