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TIL of Black Wednesday, the first Wednesday of every August when the new cohort of junior doctors begin working in the NHS after graduating medical school, where patients are about 6% more likely to die than on other days

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wVpW TIL that the original British version of “Whose Line is it Anyway?” got cancelled after 136 episodes as ratings dropped due to people not liking Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie being in every episode.
4ZYb TIL Alabama has the most aquatic biodiversity of any place in North America and the Mobile Basin, the most diverse river system in the United States, is known as “the Amazon of America”
oO1K TIL Australian scientists have used music to attract Great White Sharks, and have found they are particularly drawn to AC/DC’s “Back In Black”.
wLExM TIL that when fans asked Steve Martin for an autograph in the 80’s he would give them a business card that said “This certifies that you have had a personal encounter with me and that you found me warm, polite, intelligent and funny.”
9ZNX TIL there is a character in the DC Universe who is so insane, even the Joker is afraid of him.