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TIL conservatives are healthier than liberals because they have a greater sense of personal responsibility

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p8mLA TIL in WWII, Italian doctors made up a disease to save Jews from the Nazis. "Syndrome K" was said to be a deadly, highly contagious, disfiguring disease and the doctors saved at least 20 Jews by quarantining them.
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pRDZ TIL that on Nov. 20, 1980, an oil rig accidentally drilled into a salt mine under Lake Peigneur causing a maelstrom which started a chain of events that turned the lake from freshwater to salt water and temporarily created the largest waterfall in Louisiana.