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TIL you are most likely to survive a trip to ICU with a severe infection in NZ and Australia than anywhere else in the world, despite an increase in the severity of infections. This is partially due to the fact that all patients have 24-hour one-on-one nursing.

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Evx7 TIL President Rutherford B. Hayes owned the first Siamese kitten to reach America.
wLgkY TIL that the A-10 Warthog, the most common drone in war, uses depleted Uranium as the bullet core, because Uranium has higher density than lead, but also because it sharpens itself as it penetrates something, effectively penetrating tanks and what not with its' 30mm rounds. (See video: ~10:15)
0wJbA TIL Pennsylvania Dutch groups were actually from Germany. The word "Dutch" does not refer to the Dutch people, but to the German settlers, known as "Deutsch".
GAleG TIL the origin of the political terms "left" and "right" originated during the French revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the Ancien Regime (the king) to the president's right and supporters of the revolution to his left.
ne9Ob TIL Bill Withers, the singer song writer of "Aint no Sunshine" was a factory worker making airplane toilets when he wrote the hit song at age 31. After the song hit gold, the record company presented him with a gold toilet marking the start of his new career.