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TIL Astroglide was invented by NASA engineers while working on the space shuttle

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LQrpd TIL Terminal lucidity is an unexpected, brief period of clarity or energy in individuals who have been very ill or in a state of decline. It’s a phenomenon that has been observed in people with various terminal conditions.
l995 TIL the U.S. spends more money per person on health care than any other developed country, yet its life expectancy is below average.
4O4N TIL that during the Serbo-Bulgarian war in 1885, Serbia signed a one day armistice in order to allow Red Cross aid convoys to pass through Serbia into Bulgaria who had no medical corps. Serbia also donated some of their own supplies to Bulgaria.
ne1Wb TIL That Susan Bennett, the voice of Siri, also was the voice of many other things such as the voice of the public address system at Delta Airlines, or for television advertisements for many major companies like Ford, McDonald's, and the Home Depot.
nep7b TIL: Before the invention of toothbrushes, Europeans cleaned their teeth with rags rolled in salt or soot while Indians and Africans chewed on sticks from the Salvadora tree.