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TIL that the U.S. has a higher maternal mortality rate than Iran, Libya or Turkey...

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N7XXb TIL when The Human Centipede was released, TV3 news in New Zealand interviewed a doctor if the human centipede was medically possible.
xwMw TIL Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world
YZ8d TIL: Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen was the only person to have a private interview with Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Oswald. She told friends about the JFK assassination “If its the last thing I do I’m going to break this case” -she never did. She was found dead in mysterious circumstances.
ADXJo TIL charges were dropped on an Australian man for displaying the word "C*NT" on a public billboard because judges ruled the word as 'commonplace vernacular that is not deemed offensive' in Australia.
kO9A5 TIL Chinese Characters are made up of smaller components called "Radicals", and by just learning some basic radicals you can combine them to make thousands of characters.