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TIL Paracetamol overdose is the second most common cause of liver transplantation worldwide and the most common cause of liver transplantation in the US

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0w7e5 TIL In Italy they can ask you a certification of "being alive". People can self-certificate of being alive. Death can't be self-certificated, though.
EMDo TIL that A black, Nigerian couple living in the U.K. gave birth to a white, blonde, blue-eyed baby that they call the “miracle baby.”
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