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TIL that 62.1% of bankruptcies in the US are due to medical bills. Most medical debtors were well educated and middle class; three quarters had health insurance. Unaffordable medical bills and income shortfalls due to illness were common causes.

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R74B8 TIL that following the death of Heath Ledger midway through the filming of 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus', Jude Law, Jonny Depp and Colin Farrell who took over the unfinished role of Heath's character, donated their paychecks to his then 2-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger.
6gm8 TIL that the biggest check ever signed, delivered and cashed, was for $9,000,000,000
Q1k TIL in Ancient Rome, whole pigs were stuffed with sausages and fruit, roasted and served on their feet. They were split open and its “guts” would spill in front of diners. They were called Trojan Pigs.
LkYGV TIL X-Men is/was a metaphor for the civil rights movement. Specifically, Xavier as MLK and Magneto as Malcolm X.
VRj0 TIL students at The Johns Hopkins University collaboratively decided to opt out of their final since the professor set his curve based on the highest score grading it as 100%. They chose to receive a score of zero making it the highest grade, thereby getting 100%