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TIL Earthquakes on Mars are called Marsquakes.

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D1lWV TIL the first president of the United States, George Washington died in an incident of phlebotomy aka bloodletting gone wrong. In order to treat his throat infection, his three doctors could not agree on his diagnosis. They ended up draining eight pints of blood.
Axd4 TIl that Dwight D. Eisenhower was named the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe despite never having experienced actual combat himself
woJ9W TIL that a sitting individual generates roughly one million dust particles per minute
pnj8 TIL In 1985 members of the staff of a “Bestseller” book, placed coupons redeemable for $5 cash inside 70 books that were selling well, and none of them were sent in, proving that they were most likely not read.
9YVJm TIL that 3500-year-old set of laws, Hammurabi's Code, regulated fees for medical procedures and had laws against medical malpractice.