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TIL that HMO insurance plans pay doctors not to check for certain problems

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KYV7a TIL that Ohio's state motto is "With God, all things are possible". In 1958, Jimmy Mastronardo (10 years old) noticed that Ohio was the only one of the 48 US states without a motto. He got 18,000 signatures on a petition and persuaded the state legislature to pass a bill and the governor to sign it.
16k6r TIL that James Michael Tyler initially got the part of Gunther in Friends because he knew how to work a coffee machine and would look authentic when working in the background.
KOdW4 [TIL] Schools used to use the letter grade E for above failing [F] but got rid of the it because they were afraid parents would think it stood for excellent.
grNPA TIL that a Canadian history professor has been running the same Dungeons & Dragons campaign continuously since April 1982 (over 43 years) making it the longest-running D&D homebrew campaign on record. Around 500 characters and dozens of players have participated, and the game has never gone more
vPkE8 TIL of Howard Unruh and his "Walk of Death." Howard, a WWII vet, killed 13 people during a 12 minute walk through his New Jersey neighborhood. He is recognized as one of the first mass shooters in the USA.