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TIL that in 1976, doctors in Los Angeles went on strike, and the mortality rate dropped 18%.

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LkxQ0 TIL of Pheasant Island in the Bidasoa River on the French-Spanish border. For over 350 years, the island has spent 6 months being a part of Spain and 6 months being a part of France.
9w59B TIL the first ever balloon pilots were a rooster, a sheep and a duck
D7Kp TIL that in 2006, all outdoor advertisements were banned in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Within a year, 15000 billboards were taken down in South America’s largest city.
Wkpxo TIL that a woman once jumped from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building but only fell one story before a freak gust of wind swept her onto a ledge. She was rescued shortly after.
gMDEb TIL that Lincoln loved cats so much that he once fed them from the table during a formal White House dinner. When his wife told him that it was “shameful in front of their guests,” he replied “If the gold fork was good enough for former President James Buchanan, I think it is good enough for Tabby.”