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TIL In Japan hospitals must be run as non-profit and be managed by physicians.

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m1P9E TIL subway isn’t legally allowed to call its bread “bread” in Ireland. They consider it “cake”
LQk1p TIL that an older woman of 70, Chau Smith, ran 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days
rRVro TIL South African President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nelson Mandela has a cameo in the movie Malcolm X.
DGRg TIL in 2008 four Scientologists held a woman captive for 6 weeks for ‘Introspection Rundown’, a Church treatment for mental health issues. Police rescuers found her traumatized, semi-nude in a room full of trash. Despite arrests, there’s no indication the Scientologists were convicted on any charges
MDd0 TIL in 1998 someone pulled an April Fools claiming Alabama had redefined pi to 3.0 to bring it in line with biblical values. Politicians got calls complaining