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TIL that Vietnam War medics formed the core of early EMS. Their training and experience were needed, as many first responders in the 60s were undertrained funeral home workers. So, those wounded in combat actually had a better chance of survival than those getting into car accidents in the US.

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5Yd9Q TIL around 1 in every 10,000 people have 'Perfect Pitch', an ability to tell notes and chords similar to being able to know every ingredient just by tasting a meal. If you don't develop it before the age of 6, you'll never have it, but if you do, you can never lose it
wLMm6 TIL that actor and creator of Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane, was supposed to be on one of the planes hijacked during the 9/11 terror attacks, but missed the flight because he was hungover.
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