You’ll Never Believe These Mind-Blowing Secrets from Behind the Scenes of Law & Order: SVU

First at the United Nations

In 2009, Law & Order: SVU became the first-ever episodic series to receive a security clearance that allowed them to film on location at the U.N. headquarters in New York City.

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The More You Know

  • Dentistry is the oldest profession in the world.
  • Eight of the ten largest statues in the world are of Buddhas.
  • The speed of a computer mouse is measured in "Mickeys."
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
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