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TIL that maggot therapy is a medical practice used to clean wounds and promote healing by using live maggots to eat dead tissue

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QJDOk TIL that the trick from "Office Space" where they stole tiny fractions of a cent from a large number of transactions and put it into their own bank accounts is called 'salami slicing'
0d1AM TIL about Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) where you are required to withdraw money from your IRA (retirement found) and be taxed when you reach the age of 72.
1aWAW TIL that serial killer in New Orleans sent letter to the newspapers that on the night of March 19 he would kill again, but would spare any place where jazz band was playing. That night New Orleans' dance halls were fully filled, including many jazz house parties. There were no murders that night
R7909 TIL Lawn darts are also banned in the USA in 1988 as they sent 6,000 people (81% were 15 or younger) to the ER in eight years. In Canada, lawn darts resulted in at least 55 serious injuries, so they were banned for sale in July 1989. The sale of second-hand lawn darts is also illegal.
9wrR6 TIL that while Florida accounts for 9% of America’s insurance claims, it accounts for 79% of the nation’s home insurance lawsuits.