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TIL: The last major motion picture to receive a VHS release was David Cronenberg's 'A History of Violence'

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R5V88 TIL the first successful public demonstration of ether anesthesia took place on October 16, 1846, at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Morton administered ether to a patient undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from his neck, rendering the patient unconscious and insensitive to pain.
oBGRY TIL in 1972 legendary English songwriter Paul McCartney wrote the song, "Give Ireland Back to the Irish." It was promptly banned from broadcast in the United Kingdom and not played by the majority of radio stations in the United States. However, it was the number one song in Ireland.
EPvx TIL Nelson Mandela attended Tupac Shakurs ash scattering service in 2006.
xVYbk TIL that in most legal systems, a bank deposit of money is not a bailment. In other words, when you deposit cash to a bank, the funds deposited are no longer your property. You merely loaned the money to the bank for a promised interest without security.
epwY4 TIL that it's the Swiss - not the Japanese, or the Indians - who travel the most by rail, per capita, in kilometres. Who would have guessed?