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TIL sales of Ozempic and Wegovy saved the economy of Denmark from recession in 2023

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QJlmp TIL Chinese mathematician Zhang Heng invented a seismometer in 132 CE which was used to detect an earthquake 250 miles away
RAYa TIL a museum in Pittsburg discovered a real human head used on one of their mannequins for an exhibit
W7xgA TIL that the playing cards English-speaking countries use (Diamonds, Clubs, etc.) are French in origin. Other European countries use completely different symbols.
KYOm6 TIL the first known (partly successful) separation of conjoined twins was in 10th century Byzantium
KYAkR TIL a policeman William Potts invented the first tri-colour, four-directional traffic signal in 1920 in Motor City (Detroit).