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TIL anti-venom for poisonous bites in US hospitals can cost tens of thousands of dollars while the same drug in Mexico costs hundreds of dollars.

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8adk8 TIL that the 9/11 Memorial's brass panels - on which victims' names are inscribed - have their own heating and cooling systems so that they are never too hot or cold to touch
lo0G1 TIL there was a theme park based on the life and works of Charles Dickens.
nj1Y TIL that there is a waiting list of pro-life advocates to adopt babies with Down Syndrome, AIDS, and other terminal illnesses from anywhere in the world.
OrZg TIL Steven Seagal was given Serbian citizenship after starting a martial arts school in Belgrade and giving Aikido lessons to Serbian Special Forces.
5YR7n TIL Russia built a city in China as the terminus for the Trans-Siberian railway. Its Chinese name, Dalian, comes from the Russian word for "far away".