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TIL Rust does not cause tetanus, it is just discarded metal tend to be left at places which also happens to have the bacteria that causes the disease.

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W7eQ8 TIL 'Michael' was the most frequently given male name every year between 1954-1998 except for 1960 (David) and it fell out of the top five in 2011 for the first time since 1949.
XQDE TIL a pig named Lulu saved her owner’s life while the woman was having a heart attack. The pig heard the cries of pain, forced her way out of the yard, ran into the road and ‘played dead’ to stop the traffic. A driver stopped, the pig led him to the trailer, he heard the woman and called 911.
Y7e6x TIL Thomas Edison coined the term "Bug" when a machine doesn't work decades before Grace Hopper found a dead moth in a computer in the 1940s, which is where most people attribute its origins to.
p8ERG TIL that the fourth leading cause of death in the United States is adverse reactions to FDA approved drugs.
Vo0G TIL that the company that produced the original Tomb Raider game wanted to include a nude cheat for Lara Croft but Toby Gard the lead designer refused to do this