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TIL that patients of doctors who graduated from international medical schools had significantly lower mortality rates than patients cared for by doctors who graduated from U.S. medical schools

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KYrX4 TIL On July 21 1904, a Frenchman named Louis Rigolly was the first man to drive a car at over 100 miles per hour
7r7or TIL: The 2019 show "Swamp Thing" was cancelled not long after it's 1st episode aired due to WarnerMedia not getting a tax credit from where it was filmed. Due to a paperwork error, North Carolina couldn't deliver a $40 million tax rebate which would have paid for half the production of season one.
N7a4E TIL that the 14th Dalai Lama has a collection of more than 15 watches, among them a Patek Phillipe Ref. 658 - one of only 15 made - which was sent by US President Frank D. Roosevelt and is still functional, a Rolex Datejust made of gold and stainless steel, and a Rolex Day-Date made of yellow gold
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neWLW TIL the city of Melbourne gave email addresses to trees so locals could report problems, but they received thousands of love letters instead