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TIL the 2011 Japanese tsunami brought living Japanese wildlife to Canada and the US

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kODa5 TIL in 1948, when Britain started their publicly funded National Health Service (NHS), the American Medical Association (AMA) ran an unprecedented campaign to turn public opinion against a national health service in USA, which had wide spread support at the end of World War 2.
XEEnE TIL Acetaminaphen not only reduces pain, but reduces empathy for pain as well.
QNxAa TIL there has only been one fatal attack on a person by a Kodiak bear since 1921 and a bear injuring a person occurs about once every other year.
m1nZP TIL the term 'chillwave' was coined by a satirical blog to "...lampoon microgenres and indie acts whose sounds resembled incidental music from 1980s VHS tapes"
gdjW TIL Art, Music and Poetry were once Olympic Sports