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TIL the last webpage Anthony Bourdain viewed was a prostitution service before killing himself, and that he frequently solicited prostitutes

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KOgp9 TIL that the suicide plant, indigenous to Australia, when touched can cause pain for years. The treatment is to expose the skin to hydrochloric acid. And if the plant hairs are broken off during removal, it increases the level of pain.
Kv1a TIL An extension cord with two male ends on it is often used to bench test electrical equipment in the industrial field, but is considered so dangerous in other applications, that it is commonly referred to as a “suicide cord.”
VBORQ TIL the current chief legal counsel to the Philippine President is 100 years old
Y8m7 TIL that preventable medical errors are estimated to kill 210,000+ hospital patients every year in the US.
b6P0p TIL there was orchestra in Auschwitz concentration camp