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TIL Shit Life Syndrome (SLS) is a term that has been used by doctors in the United Kingdom and the United States to describe the effect that a variety of adverse socioeconomic factors can have on patients.

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wopgP TIL When Napoleon died in exile on the island of St. Helena in 1821, his doctor surreptitiously took his penis during the autopsy and gave it to a priest, who smuggled it to Corsica.
JO6B TIL a high school student was sucked out of an airplane after it was struck by lightning. She fell 3.2 kilometers to the ground still strapped to her chair and lived. Only to endure a 9 day walk to the nearest civilzation.
R9D1 TIL that a Gurkha Soldier of the Indian Army single handedly fought off 40 armed bandits with his knife killing 3 and injuring 8 to save a girl from getting raped during a train robbery in India.
R7xOw TIL The law, Section 1498, gives the government the right to override any pharmaceutical patent at any time as long as the company receives “reasonable compensation.”
4kKNJ TIL when Amtrak launched its high-speed Acela line in 2000, only about 37 percent of people traveling between New York and Washington made the trip but it grew to 83 percent by 2021