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TIL on average five Australians a year die trying to save others from drowning

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ANQ8n TIL: After being synthesized by Heinrich Dreser of The Bayer company in 1895, heroin was originally used as a treatment for morphine addiction and The Bayer company marketed it by sending out free samples of it to the public
grX8X TIL that the probability finding function of the normal distribution ( Φ(x)) can be approximated to 2^(-22^(141^(x/10))) (Φ(x) is the integral of the standard normal distribution which has a really big fat formula)
Ek4P TIL that Tom Arnold receives free Arby’s for life as payment for his Oven Mitt commercials
5Y7bQ TIL Ted Bundy's female fans who watched his trial wore their hair the same style as his victims so they would appeal to him
kODGd TIL of the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. It's about curious medical cases, including one of a patient with visual agnosia who not only did really mistake his wife for his hat, but also couldn't tell the difference between his shoe and his foot.