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TIL about the No Surprises Act, which was enacted to, among other things, mandate in-network payments to out-of-network providers. If a person has to go to an ED, they no longer have to worry about it being out of network.

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XEpV8 TIL nearly the entire world uses one of 2 forms to say tea, basically derived from the Chinese words 'te' (ie Spanish & English) and 'cha' (ie Hindi & Russian), because of the way tea spread around the world from China. 'Cha' used in places where tea came by land and 'te' where imported over water
e01og TIL that the character Marvin The Martian from the Bugs Bunny cartoons wasn't trying to destroy the earth because he hated humans. He was trying to destroy it because it was in the way of his view of Venus.
vr98 TIL “Growing the beard” is the polar opposite of “Jumping the shark” and describes the moment a TV Series became awesome.
E1oPX TIL the famous quote "It's over 9000" from the Dragonball franchises was originally "It's over 8000" in both the Japanese manga and anime but was later changed in the dub version to better fit the mouth slap of the animation
J198m TIL about the Gouzenko Affair,in which GRU Agent Igor Gouzenko,assigned to the Soviet embassy in Canada, attempted to defect in September 1945. Despite offering evidence of Soviet espionage in the west, several Canadian officials, including Prime Minister King were initially reluctant to accept him.