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TIL The simple act of a surgical team stopping to answer a set of 19 questions such as “Do we have the right patient?” and “What operation are we performing?” has been proven to reduce deaths by more than 40% and complications by one third.

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d80jK TIL Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, lost her virginity at a cemetery where she would secretly meet her future husband. After Shelley died, her family searched her desk and they found a copy of a poem written by her deceased husband, along with some of his ashes and the remains of his heart.
wYWW TIL The metric system never gained momentum in the US because it was deemed “atheistic” in the 19th century.
K1K4 TIL Kangaroo rarely hops backward due to its anatomy, thus the reason it and an emu are on the Australian Coat of Arms, symbolizing a nation should only move forward.
ayKJ TIL after the Srizbi botnet was taken down in 2008, it is estimated that the global volume of email spam declined by up to 93%.
99Xm TIL that the ‘stomach in your mouth feeling’ on a roller-coaster is your organs FLOATING inside you