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TIL an AZ woman was billed $83,046 for 2 doses of medicine to treat scorpion sting–which would have cost $200 in Mexico

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pY8ZN TIL the McDonald’s value menu hamburger is pretty much the same size as the original burger when the chain was founded 70 years ago, larger burgers were not offered. Fast food portion sizes have drastically increased, and the weight of the average American male is up about 30lbs since.
eXGL TIL scientists have traced the start of AIDS to 1908… Despite most people only becoming aware of it in the 1980’s
o0e7 TIL that when the first hot air balloon landed after its maiden flight, it was immediately destroyed by pitchfork-wielding peasants
1y7X TIL that the Heimlich Maneuver’s inventor is accused of medical fraud and unethical practices–including the invention of the maneuver itself.
5G4B TIL That there was an experiment where three schizophrenics claiming to be Jesus were brought together to see how they reacted with each other. They each eventually explained the other two as being mental patients in a hospital, or dead and being operated by machines.