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TIL IV saline bags that cost hospitals $1 to $5 are often marked up to $100 to $500

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x69ob TIL that 50-year-old bricklayer died laughing while watching an episode of The Goodies in 1975. The cast of the show received a letter from his widow thanking them for making her husband's final moments so pleasant.
EgPE0 TIL tobacco enemas were once used to resuscitate drowning victims, as well as to treat an array of maladies, including headaches, hernias, respiratory ailments, and abdominal cramps. This gave rise to the phrase "blowing smoke up (one's) ass."
8aVbK TIL: Canadian insurance companies run a cloud seeding program to prevent the formation of large hailstones and reduce the amount of insurance claims for hail damage
AN7yw TIL that the Premier League in England doesn't have a postseason tournament to determine the champion. Instead, the team with the best record at the end of the regular season is automatically crowned champion.
x6LvB TIL Of the Curse of the Ninth, the superstition that a composer will die before finishing their tenth symphony. Beethoven and Schubert both died after their ninth symphonies. Gustav Mahler attempted to beat the curse with musical structural changes but he also died before finishing his tenth.