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TIL body cameras are being marketed for hospital workers in the U.S. and there are privacy concerns that this will cause footage of a patient's most intimate and private moments to be accessible by numerous hospital employees, hackers, and criminals.

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wLLkJ TIL of Jean O'Hara, a prostitute that made a fortune during WWII in Hawaii, her book about it resulted in brothels being shutdown in Hawaii.
MwXa TIL despite several ludicrous rumors saying he had died from a heroin overdose, been hit by a car, and even been replaced with a doppelgänger, Steve from Blue’s Clues left the show simply because he was going bald.
8aa1G TIL that some people think of natural disasters as manipulated disasters, and that society creates the circumstance of a disaster by denying victims the opportunities to properly deal with naturally destructive events.
4XnYR TIL 70% of the land in Britain is still owned by 1% of the population, largely descended from William the Conqueror’s army
6EbGY TIL a nurse named Niels Högel is one of the most prolific medical serial killers of all time (85 confirmed, 300+ suspected). He administered lethal doses of heart meds to patients so he could try to revive them in front of colleagues for attention and praise.