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TIL Doctors' sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States

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awbby TIL Rhnull, is the rarest type of blood on earth, is called Golden blood. Only 45 people our known to have it.
w6YY TIL the “town” of Monowi, Nebraska has a population of 1. Elsie Eiler, in her capacity as Mayor, grants herself a liquor license and pays taxes to herself.
x6NXb TIL the survivors of a wrecked whaling ship were so afraid of non-existent cannibals on much closer pacific islands that they chose to sail a considerably larger distance. This resulted in only five of seventeen surviving and, ironically, the survivors resorting to cannibalism.
1aRXO TIL that the dog breed St. Bernards were originally known as Barry Hounds, after a dog named Barry who lived at the St. Bernard hospice in the 1800s. Barry saved 40 people in the nearby mountains, and the hospice has always maintained one dog named Barry in his honor.
negLB TIL that Emperor Hirohito of Japan was commissioned as a lieutenant in the army at age 13, escaped multiple assassination attempts, and became an acclaimed marine biologist after WWII