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TIL that illegible prescription handwriting is responsible for 7000 deaths annually in the US alone.

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VMXPB TIL of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act. While in active duty military, you can submit a request to your credit card lenders to lower your interest rate to a maximum of 6%, and they are required by law to comply. This applies to debt incurred before joining as well.
ynnl TIL: Ozzy Osbourne joined A Christian protest march against himself outside of one of his concerts
N7nOP TIL the word Turquoise actually comes from the French "turquois" meaning "Turkish", as the stones were traditionally imported from Turkey.
awkwb TIL from 1961 till 1972 women were prohibited to run marathons in US since officials thought woman’s uterus could fall out from long distance running
8aYpL TIL about Jon Postel, a researcher who in 1998 hijacked the internet to prove a point about it's poor security. Instead of being reprimanded he was appointed to run ICANN, the authority now responsible for overseeing domain naming and ensuring the internet's ongoing stability.