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TIL that over 500 surgical operating room fires every year.
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TIL that when famed jeweler Harry Winston donated the 45-carat Hope Diamond, valued at $200 to $250 million USD, to the Smithsonian in Washington, he sent it via the Postal Service.
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TIL that smallpox eradication by vaccination campaign lead by late Dr Henderon saved more lives to date than we had lost in all wars combined
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TIL that Homosexuality and homo-eroticism in China have been documented since ancient times and were regarded as a normal facet of life in China prior to Western influence from 1840 onward. There was even a matchmaker god for homosexual relationships whose temple was destroyed during WW2.
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TIL about Beena, "a form of marriage used in pre-Islamic Arabia in which a wife would own a tent of her own, within which she retained complete independence from her husband".
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TIL that McDonald’s is telling it’s workers on their website, “McResource Line”, to sell their goods to make ends meet. They suggest “Selling some of your unwanted possessions on eBay or Craigslist could bring in some quick cash.”