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TIL that the pharmacological treatment of Hepatitis C is over 90% effective. In the United States, it typically costs between $84,000-$94,000.

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LVYP TIL 400,000 ex-rental cars are sold in the UK every year. Many are tagged as vehicles with “one previous owner”.
Z89NG TIL Madonna leaked a fake version of her album to pirates where every song was a loop of her saying "What the fuck do you think you're doing?" In response, a hacker posted the real album on her own site for everyone to download with the message: "This is what the fuck I think I'm doing."
newNb TIL Abraham Lincoln's interest in law starts at the bottom of a barrel. Lincoln was running a store when he bought a barrel full of rubbish from a traveler. Upon emptying the barrel Lincoln found a complete set of 'Blackstone's Commentaries' which he spent more time reading than manning the store.
pW5b TIL Winston Churchill’s final words were “I feel happy. I think I’ll go for a walk.” Inspiring Monty Python’s famous line.
b9VAa TIL Nazis originally planned to forcibly relocate Europe's entire Jewish Population to Madagascar resettling a million Jews a year for four years, until British military complications caused them to shelve the plans.