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TIL medical mistakes kill over 250,000 Americans each year. If they were a disease, they would be the 3rd leading cause of death in the US.

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PYDjG TIL of Bijon Setu massacre of 1982, where 16 monks and one nun were killed and then set on fire in broad daylight in Kolkata, India. The crime remains unsolved.
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