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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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9wVpX TIL that Isaac Hayes's, the voice of Chef from South Park, decision to leave the show was actually made by his entourage, all of whom were ardent Scientologists, and that it was made after Hayes suffered a stroke, leaving him unable to make such decisions on his own
R51L7 TIL that fruits can be divided into two groups: those that ripen after harvest (called climacteric fruits) and those that don't (non-climacteric). Most berries, citrus, pineapples and watermelons don't ripen after being picked.
9JgQ TIL the Monkees started out in a TV show about a band that tried to be as good as the Beatles but failed. They then started making albums in real life and outsold the Beatles.
kg4E TIL Dave Grohl tried to quit Nirvana once, after he overheard Kurt Cobain calling him a ‘shitty drummer’, but was convinced to stay by the bands manager
oRdrr TIL that of the 5 ships and 270 men who started the Magellan Expedition, only 1 ship and 18 men completed the circumnavigation of the Earth together. (17 others survived Portuguese capture and hard labor and returned later.)