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TIL Homer Simpson is in The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.

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MppW TIL: Leonardo da Vinci’s last words were: “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.”
mxKwO TIL that "fart" is one of the oldest words in the English language, and can be traced back to its Proto-Indo-European roots through its cognates in other European languages and Sanskrit
e0xX5 TIL that an episode of Peppa Pig that taught children that spiders were harmless and can’t hurt you was banned in Australia.
e0LXL TIL that the practice of worker's compensation has its origins in 18th century piracy. A system of compensation was established as a result of the occupation's high risk of injury and included payments for different types of injuries as well as giving crewmates less strenuous duties when injured.
rNl0y TIL that the Fukushima disaster would have caused far less months of life lost if the residents were instead sheltered in place because of the factors due to the displacement such as suicide, depression and stress causing more months of life lost in the process.