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TIL Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson have matching BFF tattoos

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jkPR TIL a study of 2 million insurance claims concluded that 9 of the top 10 occupations causing car accidents are medical-field related, with the most accidents being caused by Surgeons and GPs
69ylW TIL 1930 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, the second highest in US history, prompted retaliatory tariffs by many other countries and was a contributing factor to worsening the Great Depression
N7obQ TIL Scientists track solar cycles by counting sunspots. A high-powered telescope might show 10 or 20 and a powerful observatory may see 50 to 100, so there is a formula for the official sunspot number, R=k (10g+s)
5LJD TIL that Beate Uhse was a stuntwoman and Luftwaffe pilot in WWII, ferrying around planes and jet fighters. After the war she started a mail order business sending out pamphlets teaching young girls about the rhythm method, which became the world’s first sex shop and later a €280 million business.
78QNX TIL that the date of Easter every year is based on the Moon Cycle