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TIL that the word dollar originates from the 16th century silver mining town of Joachimstal. The coins were originally minted and called "joachimstaler." Eventually finding its way into English shortened to Dollar

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b9Y67 TIL in a Johns Hopkins Survey, 90 percent of doctors said they'd rather die by cardiac arrest than be resuscitated. Only a quarter of the public feels the same way.
PYnlG TIL the Bramble Cay Melomys is among the first mammals to disappear because of failure to adapt in the modern era. Some time between 2009 and 2014 the last of this species died, probably drowning in a storm surge on an island off the coast of Australia where it had thrived for thousands of years.
B0aK TIL: Indian housewives hold 11% of the World’s gold. That is more than the reserves of USA, IMF, Switzerland and Germany put together.
xBZ0 TIL IMDB’s lowest ranked film is an Indian film called ‘Gunday’ which attained it’s rank because of a “downvote brigade” organized by a Bangladeshi nationalist group through the hashtag #GundayHumiliatedHistoryOfBangladesh
Wk7wY Microwaves can transform a frozen pizza into hot, melted goodness in four minutes flat, but they can't rescue your melted ice-cream sundae. To cook food, a microwave oven converts voltage into high-frequency electromagnetic microwaves. The molecules in food—especially water and fat—absorb this energy and wiggle at high speeds, causing them to heat rapidly and warm the surrounding food. Although quickly turning leftovers cold would be handy, this is a one-way operation, explains David Pozar, a professor and microwave expert at the University of Massachusetts.