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TIL Contact lens wearers are younger on average than non-contact lens wearers and younger users are associated with lower contact lens compliance. More than 70,000 children go to the emergency room each year for injuries and complications from medical devices related to contact lenses.

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wLRWJ TIL that stunt double Brett Beattie spent so much time playing Gimli in Lord of the Rings that he nearly earned a co-credit, and that he, not John Rhys-Davies got the elvish "nine" tattoo with the rest of the cast.
WkEkL TIL that Voodoo Donut in Portland, Oregon used to serve a donut drizzled in Nyquil and then had a shot of Nyquil in a cup in the center of the donut - until the FDA stepped in & made them stop serving it.
GY6kQ TIL when Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, only Nazi Germany supported Ethiopia while the rest of the world ignored the conflict
Oow06 TIL about the "Iron Harvest". This is an annual event where people help unearth unexploded bombs from European conflicts, specifically WW1. Since 1946, over 600 civilians and ordnance collectors have died from these explosives.
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