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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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Y5oZ TIL that a group of more than 200 Japanese pensioners volunteered to tackle the nuclear crisis that happened at Fukushima power station saying “they should be facing the dangers of radiation, not the young”
rNWpx TIL The Matrix defense is a legal defense based on the premise of the film franchise The Matrix. A defendant using this defense claims that they committed a crime because they believed that they were in a simulated world
GY6jg TIL that there's something other than a boat OR a plane - it was called the Ekranoplan, a stunning and massive ground effect vehicle.
W7r9A TIL that in Michelangelo's The Last Judgment includes a self-portrait where St. Bartholomew holds Michelangelo's flayed skin. Michelangelo resented being commissioned to paint the Sistine Chapel, as he considered himself primarily to be a sculptor, not a painter, and included this as a protest.
QNKbk TIL Brad Warner wrote his story on suicide and why he chose not to end his life. Today he saved my life, he’s the reason I’m still here.