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TIL Sloppy handwriting of doctors kills more than 7,000 people annually due to getting the wrong medication.

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vQ9r TIL of Patricia Demauro who in May 23rd 2009 rolled a pair of dice 154 times continuously at a craps table, without throwing a seven. Odds of that is 1 in 1.56 trillion.
b9pj TIL This is the first known painting by Salvador Dali. Which he painted when he was SIX years old.
0wN9N TIL There is an artificial hill in Italy, over 100 feet tall, made entirely of empty olive oil pots, carefully placed over a period of 250 years by ancient Romans.
e4R5 TIL Boeing didn’t pay any taxes between 2008-2010 despite making $9.8b in profits, instead receiving tax rebates of $178m, laying off 14,862 workers, and increasing executive pay by 31%.
7rrAO TIL of Colonel Charles Young, the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the US Army. After being denied promotion to brigadier general under the guise of fitness, he rode on horseback from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to disprove rumors of his poor health.