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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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KO1xG TIL that the ancient greeks had the concept of sex bots.
neeKY TIL we never see things as they are now, but as they were in the past, the delay is caused by the time it takes light to reach your eyes. We see the Moon as it was approximately 1.3 seconds in the past, the Sun as it was 8 minutes in the past, the Andromeda Galaxy 2.5 million years in the past.
LkPrm TIL the Pistol Shrimp can snap it's claw so fast that it fires "bubble bullets" which can travel at 105 feet per second, reach 210 decibels, temperatures of 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and also, a flash of light.
4EPN TIL that if Puerto Rico were a US state, it would have more electoral votes for Presidential elections than Mississippi.
DQ7Ge TIL that people used to eat mummies