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TIL More than 48% of medical students come from the top income quintile, while less than 6% come from the bottom quintile.

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GE14 TIL of the island nation of Diego Garcia whose people were expelled by the British in 1971 and forced to live in Mauritian slums, just so that the US could build a military base on the island
QlNd TIL that Mormon holy books were written in faux-King James English (eg thou goeth) - the language of Bibles from Joseph Smith’s time - and contain extensive grammatical errors (eg subj-verb disagreement), suggesting that Smith was trying to make his writing sound superficially “more Biblical”
nNDY TIL there is a radio program, called Top 2000, on the Dutch radio and has been broadcast since ‘99 at the end of each year. The show starts at 12:00 on December 25 and ends at midnight on New Year’s Eve. In these 6 or 7 days the 2000 most popular songs of all time are played, chosen by the audience.
4MDw TIL a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18 after needing 13 liters of blood during a major chest surgery at 13. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood more than 1,000 times, saving over 2,000,000 lives.
1d5D TIL the Golden Hamster’s name in Arabic, where they are originally found, roughly translates to “Mister Saddlebags”