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TIL that in ancient Babylon, doctors who failed to cure a patient or caused death could have their hands cut off as punishment

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oBWv7 TIL the term “Suspension of disbelief,” defined as a "willingness to suspend one's critical faculties . . . for the sake of enjoyment" refers to one of Aristotle’s principles of theater in which the audience accepts fiction as reality so as to experience a catharsis.
loDM1 TIL earlier this year, Eminem's Marshall Mathers Foundation donated over 400 meals of "Mom's Spaghetti" to Detroit area frontline hospital workers.
YplV7 TIL that a German family worth close to $40B built their wealth as hardcore Nazis starting in the 1920s. They now own Panera, Krispy Kreme, Dr. Pepper, Snapple, Jimmy Choo and 12 percent of the global coffee market.
584k TIL DMX was arrested in 2004 when he crashed his SUV through an airport gate and told the attendant to let him leave because he was a government agent. When she refused, he tried to hijack a nearby car by identifying himself as an FBI agent.
m1lnE TIL that ~30% of Israeli McDonalds don’t serve McFlurrys because they are under kosher supervision, which means that they don’t serve meat and dairy products together