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TIL hospitals legally have to show you their prices up front if you ask, this means you can go to different hospitals and get their rates for proceeders before having said proceeder.

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BgK7e TIL the only animal considered to display true tripedalism (moving using 3 limbs) is the parrot. Specifically, their head is considered their third limb while climbing
KEJJ TIL that when Madeline L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, was asked if the film adaption met her expectations, she replied, “Yes, I expected it to be bad, and it is.”
Zpp5Y TIL the reason for the signs that say "$10 if we fail to give you a receipt" at stores. They aren't for receipt-obsessed customers, they are there to keep the employees from stealing. If employees don't ring up your purchase and generate receipt, the employee could just put cash in their pocket.