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TIL Russia has 800,000 faith healers but only 640,000 doctors

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eeWg TIL that the classic children’s book “Love You Forever” by Robert Munsch was first conceived as a song about the author’s two stillborn babies.
PYWrn TIL a New Jersey man bought a $5 bottle of orange juice from Shoprite; his wife said it was too expensive and sent him back to return it, because it was on sale for $2.50 elsewhere. He then decided to buy 2 lottery tickets with the cash refunded from the OJ; he won $315.3 million.
e0Ppb TIL during a visit to Japan in 1932, Charlie Chaplin was nearly assassinated in an ultranationalist coup d'état. While the Prime Minister was assassinated in his residence, Chaplin likely survived because he was watching a sumo wrestling match with the Prime Minister's son.
Xd7k TIL : In 1191 King Richard I used chains made of silver to imprison the ruler of Cyprus because he had promised not to place him in irons.
KYQLJ TIL The band Toto was originally meant to record the song "Danger Zone" for Top Gun (1986). There was a dispute between Toto's lawyers and the producers of the film, paving the way for Kenny Loggins to record the track.