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TIL that patients in US treated by foreign doctors are less likely to die than those treated by their American-trained colleagues.

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bjga TIL: Kim Jong Un was voted Time Magazine’s person of the year in 2012 after 4chan users hijacked the magazine’s online polls
R79W6 TIL that so many aircraft were assembled for the filming of Battle of Britain (1969) that it was the 35th largest air force in the world.
LWyp TIL: Man dodged a 20 year prison sentence after “underage” porn star testified on his behalf
ndE9 TIL that an unknown Freddie Mercury, at the time a London shoe stall assistant, fitted David Bowie for a pair of boots – over 10 years before “Under Pressure” was recorded.
ANK4o TIL An October 2017 Presidential Decree in Kazakhstan ordered that the transition from Cyrillic to a Latin script be completed by 2031. One reason is that ending the use of Cyrillic is useful in re-asserting national identity and allows for better international integration