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TIL Doctors’ sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually in the United States.

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jNAaQ TIL that Steve Carter, 35, found out he was a missing child. Carter, who was adopted at 4, found an age-progression image through missing children. He discovered he'd been kidnapped by his birth mother and placed in an orphanage. His biological father reported him missing over three decades earlier.
85ya TIL the United States is the current reigning Rugby Olympic Champion (1924), and the only team to win gold twice.
wL006 TIL that NASA spaces flights have had wake up songs for the astronauts starting with the gemini program, the day 2 song for the SpaceX flight is “planetary caravan” by Black Sabbath.
R7nE6 Til that dogs can eat raw chicken bones. The issue is with any cooked bone. Cooked bones become dry and brittle which can crack and splinter leading to choking, internal injuries, punctured organs, and, or death. All cooked bones should be disposed of properly and not be given as treats.
QgkL TIL that domestic cats instinctively don’t want to drink from the water bowl next to their food, and therefore seek it out first elsewhere in the house, because in the wild any water next to their kill might be contaminated.