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TIL that Mother Teresa believed suffering brought people closer to Jesus and therefore withheld pain killers from her patients.

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OG6yY TIL that in 1985, a Yugoslavian farmer had a bottle inserted in his anus which broke and blamed it on two men of a minority group which gaine widespread coverage. Despite later testimony revealing that the wound was self-inflicted, the incident played a role in the future breakup of Yugoslavia.
QNnA6 TIL that it is illegal for certain Canadians and all Canadian companies to comply with US sanctions against Cuba
P1LPO TIL: John Cho is the actor who inadvertently popularized the term MILF
woKBE TIL it is illegal for you to pump your own gas in Oregon and New Jersey.
KYYkR TIL Galen argued that the liver must be the primary organ of the body because of its role in the production of the humours. The word for "liver" was often substituted for “heart” in ancient Greek poetry, in phrases like "hit in the liver"