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TIL Iran only classes three organizations as terrorist groups, and two of them are the CIA and the American Army.

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yVOkv TIL Jehovah's Witnesses will die over accepting blood transfusions due to religious reasons.
mx0Wy TIL about David Vetter, a child who lived with a severely weakened immune system meaning that he spent the majority of his life inside a sterile bubble. In 1997 researchers from NASA create a specialized space suit for him, allowing him to walk outside his bubble for the first time.
1agEX TIL 70% isopropyl alcohol is a more effective disinfectant than 99% concentrated
Abk7 TIL that 62.1% of bankruptcies in the US are due to medical bills. Most medical debtors were well educated and middle class; three quarters had health insurance. Unaffordable medical bills and income shortfalls due to illness were common causes.
Vbv8 TIL that there was an explosion in 1626 in China which killed 20,000 people. The cause of the explosion has not been conclusively determined.