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TIL Even today, we still hear the echo of the big bang

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yQobp TIL medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States - more than 250,000 Americans die each year from medical errors
aQdN TIL of the Peter Principle: Employees tend to be promoted based on their performance in their current role, not how fit they are for their next role, so that every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence
Y7M4r TIL The small intestine is four times the length of a human being if its torsions were untwisted.
RZb9 TIL that motion sickness is a psychological defense mechanism against neurotoxins. Your brain realizes there is a disconnect between what your eyes see and what your inner ear feels and concludes you are poisoned and hallucinating so it induces nausea and vomiting
7PmM TIL that in 2009, Oklahoman cops tasered an 86-year old disabled woman in her bed for taking a ‘more aggressive stance’. There made sure she would not resist further by stepping on her oxygen line until she couldn’t breathe.