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TIL that under the qui tam provisions of the false claims act, you can file lawsuits on behalf of the federal government for medicare fraud and you get to keep 15-30% of the final settlement.

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d8B8Z TIL President Theodore Roosevelt was such a loud snorer that during his hospital stays he had a whole floor to himself so the other patients could sleep
78WQX TIL that rainwater is almost never pure and that in some areas the individual raindrops form around airborne bacteria.
eZwb TIL that by the 1600s, the Spanish royal family had a higher infant-mortality rate than their peasants.
DKmg TIL: In France, if you deny the Holocaust, you might get prison time between 1-5 years and a fine.
J1PwQ Today I learned of Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant noodles (ramen noodles) and the creator of the brands Top Ramen and Cup Noodles.