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VMnv8 TIL that a report from the Institute of Medicine in 2006 found that the sloppy handwriting of doctors kills roughly 7000 people annually - the poor handwriting often results in incorrect prescriptions being given or incorrect dosages being administered.
wLVX6 TIL An off-duty Cop and his Dog found 1 Million Dollars in a Trash Dumpster, gave it to 'Lost & Found', Nobody Claimed it so.. He Got to Keep it!
kJGpd TIL Known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, in 1930 the United States enacted heavy tariffs that ultimately failed to achieve their intended outcome. Some economists attributed that action as leading to the Great Depression.
J7ok TIL a family of Turkish villagers naturally walk with a bear crawl and are the sole specimens of natural Quadrupedalism in humans
W7Lr4 TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II