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TIL that in the US, Medical Divorce Is a Grim Reality for Couples With Expensive Illnesses

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1l5D TIL German is the second most used content language on the Internet
QOVM TIL that the TV show ‘The Incredible Hulk’ changed the main character’s name from Bruce Banner to David Banner because “Bruce” was a code word for homosexual men at the time.
lo8oN TIL that much like "Seeing Eye" dogs for the blind, there are "Hearing Ear" dogs for the deaf.
QNPPe TIL that Steve Jobs delayed Cancer treatment for 9 months, then it was too late. Despite his cancer type being more treatable, he choose "herbal" medicine.
N7Xb1 Eighty-five years so far. The pitch-drop experiment—really more of a demonstration—began in 1927 when Thomas Parnell, a physics professor at the University of Queensland in Australia, set out to show his students that tar pitch, a derivative of coal so brittle that it can be smashed to pieces with a hammer, is in fact a highly viscous fluid. It flows at room temperature, albeit extremely slowly.