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TIL An ER doctor received so many patients from an Amazon Warehouse in Allentown, PA he reported it to OSHA for unsafe working conditions.

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xVong TIL that HMS Jervis, a destroyer which served in the Royal Navy during WW2, did not lose a single crew member to enemy action despite having participated in 13 major actions and serving throughout the war.
NxAN TIL a 2-year-old girl was placed in foster care after her parents got busted with marijuana. Shortly after, she suffered fatal head injuries at the hands of her new foster parents.
4KQg TIL that in 1985, Utah Senator Jake Garn flew aboard the Space Shuttle. He became so sick and nauseous, that to this day, astronauts use the “Garn” as a unit of measurement of space sickness…
XJOD TIL that during the Mexican-American war an estimated 700 Irish men deserted the US Army to join the Mexicans and fought in the Battle of Churubusco. The were called Batallón de San Patricio (St. Patricks battalion) and are considered heroes of Mexico.
x6yAw TIL there is a little known statistic in American football called an “octopus”. Players can record an octopus by scoring a touchdown, followed by scoring a 2-pt conversion after that same touchdown.