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TIL that sloppy Medical handwriting kills more than 7,000 people every year

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QJ5NM TIL the 'G' on Speed Racer's shirt stands for "Go", his name in the original manga and the 'M' on the hood of the Mach 5 stands for "Mifune Motors." The name of the series, Mach GoGoGo has a triple meaning: "Mahha-gō" is the name of the car; the main character is Gō Mifune; and the English word "Go"
QJnGM TIL that the falling green codes in the movie The Matrix were actually symbols from Japanese sushi recipes.
maYY TIL a chemical in “magic” mushrooms can grow and repair brain cells
kamB TIL only 8 teams have won the NBA championship in the last 30 years
nW4MY TIL that 60 years ago 20% of East Asian young adults were near-sighted. Today 90% are. Scientists suspect this is due to a decrease in time spent outside during childhood.