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

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jJNj TIL that, due to its isolation, a third of the plant life on the island of Socotra (Yemen) is found nowhere else on the planet, making it the “most alien-looking place on Earth”.
0w1np TIL that your IQ drops when you're in a Group. The higher the members the lower you IQ goes.
v1gE8 TIL that FDR's grandfather from his mother's side made a fortune from smuggling Opium into china that was banned due it being addictive, he later supplied the union army with it during the civil war.
NM8Q TIL Indian citizens fought against corruption by paying bribes with 0 rupee notes designed to look like 50 rupee notes.
LBZZ TIL that Weird Al’s recent “Mandatory Fun” album was the first comedy album to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard charts, and it was the first comedy album to top the charts in over 50 years.