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TIL there is a style of tattooing called Photoshop.

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5W99 TIL that hundreds of giant companies including banks, phone companies, hotels, radio stations, retail chains, drug companies, and others all use the same woman for their automated phone system voice, and that she even does voices for talking toys
R7J68 TIL: In 2005, because of a programming error, a virtual plague spread through World of Warcraft. The servers had to be shut down because NPCs and players killed off entire in-game cities. Researchers of disease analyzed and studied the event as a model for the spread of plague IRL.
4XMng TIL that Hypoxia impedes judgment to the point of being unable to recognise a playing cards suit or number.
yJNa TIL a study of 2 million insurance claims concluded that 9 of the top 10 occupations causing car accidents are medical-field related, with the most accidents being caused by Surgeons and GPs
W7DKX TIL that ‘electrocution’ is a portmanteau of ‘electric’ and ‘execution’ and as such only refers to lethal electrical shocks