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TIL that Hitler had Jewish and African Ancestors
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TIL that a plastic IV bag, which costs less than 50 cents to produce, costs more than 500 dollars for the sick patient using it.
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TIL that many early phone lines were "party lines" that anyone who picked up the phone could listen in on; customers had to pay an extra monthly fee to upgrade to a private line.
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TIL Ayn Rand based her protagonists on kidnapper, murderer William Edward Hickman.
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TIL in 2014, rollercoaster thrill-seekers were showered in blood after the ride decapitated a deer which ran onto the tracks. The Ultimate, the 2nd longest in the world at 7,442 ft / 1.4 miles, mostly hugs the hilly land at ground level, this was the second deer death (Yorkshire, England)
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TIL current extremely popular youtubers use linguistic tricks called “intellectual used-car-salesman voice” to get subscriptions and gain popularity.