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

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jNmnR TIL Many casual backgammon players have never used a doubling cube, which resembles a regular die, but it is a little larger with the numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64. The doubling cube is essential for skilled players
LkKlm TIL that Benjamin Wade, a 19th century "Radical Republican", earned praise from Karl Marx in the preface of Das Kapital for his open criticism of capitalism
BgODk TIL that a zoo had fake pandas. Taizhou Zoo of China in 2024 exhibited Chow Chow dogs painted black and white. The zoo said that it had advertised them as "panda dogs" so had not lied: "Normal people dye their hair. Dogs can dye their hair, too".
xVOk0 TIL of the Ceremony of the Keys which is carried out every night at exactly 9:53 pm at the Tower of London and is believed to be the oldest military ceremony in the world. Originating in the Middle Ages it has never once been cancelled though it was delayed once during WWII due to enemy action.
4X1KN TIL that Derby County FC, ground is called the the baseball ground. As it was used for play baseball between 1890 and 1898. Then for football (soccer) 1895 to 1997.