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TIL: The US leads in Medical Errors, making our costly health less safe than other ‘free’ systems.

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VMO9m TIL the National Institutes of Health concluded in a 2019 analysis that PFAS are in the blood of 97 percent of Americans.
D1pOP TIL that Daft Punk's album "Discovery" was turned into a feature length anime film. Having no sound effects or dialogue, the movie was hailed as "the best animated movie made in 2003"
XE5O6 TIL founder and former-CEO of blood test diagnostics firm Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, who has been accused of massive fraud against investors, doctors and patients, is the daughter of a former executive at ENRON, one of the biggest corporate frauds in history.
jNolN TIL there is an object in the asteroid belt named after Moomintroll, the illustrated character created by Swedish-speaking Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson.
e06Z5 TIL That France was still executing people with the guillotine when the first episode of star wars aired