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TIL suicide rates among veterinarians are twice as high as those among other healthcare professionals

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V7Wp TIL: A man named John Horrocks was shot by his camel, and died later from gangrene. Before his death he ordered the camel to also be shot. This means the only recorded gunfight between a camel and a man technically ended in a draw.
QR1k TIL that the main difference between a brand drug and its generic equivalent is the cost of the product. A generic drug must contain the same active ingredients and must be equivalent in strength and dosage to the original brand-name product.
9wyG7 TIL at the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD, Chinese General Cao Cao captured the naval port of Jiangling and seized a river fleet. He lashed his boats together into clusters to stabilize them for queasy troops. Enemy troops lit their own boats on fire and sent them at the fleet, burning them all down
QNGKa TIL that in 2015, a tourist in Hong Kong was beaten to death when his tour group was forced to shop in a jewellery store
XXjP TIL that in 1740, Christina Johansdotter, a suicidal Swedish woman, exploited a loophole in dogmas. Suicide leading to Hell and infanticides being punishable by death, she decided to kill a child since repenting for a crime granted forgiveness, thus leading her to Heaven after her execution.