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TIL the third leading cause of death in America is “preventable harm” - hospitals making mistakes. Only cancer and heart disease kill more.

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Ool1g TIL that there are submarine Aircraft Carriers. Japan employed the I-400 class during WW2, and they could carry up to 3 bombers, in addition to 8 torpedo launchers & abti-aircraft guns. These submarines were twice as big as any ordinary subs of the time.
gMKYb TIL The Canadian Navy accidentally shelled the US town of Callam Bay after an exercise shooting at drone targets in 1962, they failed to take into account what was behind the targets they were shooting at. Miraculously nobody was killed.
5Y06p TIL anti-penis measures were the largest operating costs for the MMO Lego Universe.
WkJGd TIL that in 2001 the daughter of a 70yr old Japanese man saved him from choking on a mochi rice cake by sucking it out with a vacuum cleaner.
eE0L TIL that there are detailed images of all the Apollo landing sites. You can even see the tracks left by the Astronauts as they performed their experiments.