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TIL 300 million years ago in north america there was a poisonous millipede the size of a car, called The Arthropleura.

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9YDRQ TIL of Gary Hall Sr, a former Olympic medalist swimmer who became an opthalmologist. He made so many medical errors and was reprimanded so many times that he was banned from surgeries. His medical license was revoked after it was discovered that he performed a surgery following the ban anyway.
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