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TIL brain-related criteria to identify the death of a patient (i.e. “brain death” = death) is not based on valid scientific data

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VBWAQ TIL Franki Valli and the Four Seasons tried to cover the Dylan hit "Don't Think Twice." Valli didn't like the way it sounded so he recorded a version in a "joke" falsetto and they released it under another name. It reached #12 on the billboard 100.
aXy TIL vodka has lowered the life expectancy in males to below 60 y/o and has been linked to 75% of Russia’s murder cases.
X0L9X TIL from the 1850s to 1914, the city of Dachau, Germany had an artist colony, attracting artists from across Europe, such as landscape painters and printmakers
w9oM TIL that “A sentence must not end in a preposition.” is one of many misconceptions about the English language that even native speakers can’t get rid of.
vPbJ8 TIL that on Dec. 16th, 1997 over 600 Japanese children with epilepsy were hospitalized with seizures after watching a Pokemon episode featuring strong strobe light effects. The episode has not been aired since.