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TIL that in America you have to pay hundreds of dollars if you need an ambulance

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LkpaQ TIL that cashew trees are in the same family as poison ivy and poison sumac. They are usually sold shelled and roasted because if not, the shell oil may cause a skin reaction similar to poison ivy.
x6Nwg Today I learned that the Parthenon had a roof until the Venetians blew it up in 1687.
PYKeg TIL that the 1974 noir film "Chinatown" was intended to be the first of a trilogy. The second, "The Two Jakes" bombed at the box office. Consequently, the third, "Cloverleaf" was never produced. However, the script was incorporated into the noir parody film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
Xpjj TIL that Philip K. Dick never saw the completed version of “Blade Runner” and Ridley Scott never finished reading “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”
nWX7W TIL about Saint Fiacre of Breuil, the Patron Saint of Gardeners, whose reputed aversion to women is believed to be the reason that he is the Patron Saint of STIs. He is also the Patron Saint of Hemorrhoids, Florists, Taxi Cab Drivers & Ploughboys.