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TIL that, despite popular belief, Americans actually pay more taxes for healthcare than Canadians, Australians, and Western Europeans.

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4XPaX TIL of the Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Pathway, which transmits information to embryonic cells required for proper cell differentiation.
oX8A TIL that Cheryl Gates McFadden goes by Gates McFadden for her acting (e.g. Star Trek), and Cheryl McFadden for her choreography.
nWBB9 TIL prostitution is legal in Australia
69X9Z TIL a heat wave in Europe in 2003 killed over 70,000 people.
Bv7y TIL The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, prevented commercial banks from trading securities with their clients’ deposits. The act eventually repealed during the Clinton Administration with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 which in turn caused the 2008 financial crisis