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TIL According to a study from the University of Glasgow, roughly "one in three" patients admitted to a hospital are likely to die within a year of admission

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KORea TIL the Statue of Liberty was originally designed in the 1860s for Egypt. Named 'Progress Carrying the Light to Asia', French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi modelled the statue after an Egyptian woman dressed in a veil. Due to costs, the idea was rejected, and a lighthouse was erected instead.
GY4Q7 TIL about “War Babies” a very odd short film from 1934 that featured a bunch of toddlers in diapers acting out creepily grown-up plots. Shirley Temple does stuff like trade kisses for lollipops and says things like “I’m expensive.” Video is in the link.
BrVyx TIL the CEO of GM, Mary Barra, changed the workplace dress code from a complicated 10-page document to two words: "Dress appropriately."
a4lA TIL Switzerland has no official capital city
N7Wgb TIL that The Wolf of Wall Street, a film about financial fraud, was financed by a company accused of committing multiple crimes, including fraud.