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TIL that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US after heart disease and cancer

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VBK80 TIL that Project Stargate was a CIA plan to use psychic powers for spying
DQeKj TIL about John Rabe. A German representative in China who used his Nazi credentials and influence to save 200,000 Chinese citizens from being slaughtered by Japanese forces in 1937 during the Nanjing Massacre.
E1e1W TIL about Joseph Pujol (aka Le Petomane) who was a Fartiste. After swimming in the sea, he discovered an icy feeling in his stomach, and upon coming ashore, found water poring from his rectum. He discovered he had a special talent in contracting the muscles in his abdomen and could fart at will.
8eMvK TIL Jimmy Carter is the only US president who has reported seeing an UFO
9wJlr TIL about the War of Jenkins' ear - a war between Spain and England that started when a British captain, Robert Jenkins, presented his severed ear to the British Parliament, claiming a Spanish officer had cut it off.