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TIL that medicines are the third largest cause of death in the world after heart and cancer.

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x6oRw Today I learned the first vasectomy on record was performed on a dog in 1823.
gdD9 TIL; During the entire Irish Potato Famine (1845-1852), rich landowners exported 30-50 shiploads of food per day, while more than 1 million people starved to death.
0wgYR TIL that the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders, a prominent and dangerous siege warfare tactic in medieval times, is called "Escalade"
ZpJRQ TIL one of the co-creators of Keurig machines was diagnosed with caffeine poisoning due to his daily 30 to 40 cup coffee habit
j8gv TIL Super Mario wears a hat because his creator found it too difficult to draw his hair and eyebrows.