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TIL Jacob Miller was shot in the head during the Civil War. Left for dead, he regained consciousness hours later and lived for another 54 years

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VM6WB TIL medical bankruptcies make up 66.5% of all bankruptcies in the United States
loBb5 TIL about Mrs. Chippy, a cat that went on the Shackleton expedition to Antarctica. Shackleton ordered Mrs. Chippy shot when the expedition had to abandon its ship. His owner, McNish, died in poverty and obscurity, some of his last words being, "Shackleton killed my cat."
x6y80 TIL that Mount Everest was named after Sir George Everest, even though he had no connection to the mountain. He objected to the naming because the word 'Everest' could not be easily written in Hindi or pronounced by the local people.
loNwN TIL that the UK has a TV show where parents watch helplessly as their kids pick between prizes like a luxury vacation or a stuffed unicorn.
4kdb6 TIL: In the early 1800s, a Norwegian Fisherman when denied alcohol carried a 371kg stone to block the shop's doorway.