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TIL that in the USA, the deadliest job is logging, followed by fishing. Taxi drivers are the most likely to be murdered, more than twice as likely than cops.

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OG9Dg TIL an Ethiopian goatherd Kaldi probably discovered Arabian coffee. In the 9th century, he observed his energetic flock after they chewed on coffee plant berries.
VgN0 TIL in 1994, Actor Jack Nicholson got out of his car and smashed the windshield of another Driver’s Mercedes with a golf club for “cutting him off”. Nicholson reportedly offered an apology and a $500K check that successfully ended any criminal prosecution for the road-rage incident.
MepYm TIL the tsunami of Christmas 2004 created a massive cliff 750 miles long and 50 feet high.
QjPk TIL that Italian doctor Carlo Urbani was largely responsible for the eradication of the SARS disease in China. When advised to stop exposing himself to patients, he replied, “If I can’t work in such situations, what am I here for? Answering e-mails, going to cocktail parties and pushing paper?”
X0LbD TIL: Most Teabags contain plastics, and release micro plastics in large amounts when brewed