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TIL that a coronary bypass surgery in India costs around $1,583. The same procedure costs around $106,385 in U.S.A.

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69Y88 TIL that virga clouds produce precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground. These streaky clouds are often seen trailing below larger cloud formations, giving the appearance of wispy tails. Virga can occur with both rain and snow, they often create dramatic, beautiful visual effects.
7rpNX TIL a common homeopathic cure for the flu is a 200C dilution of duck liver. A dilution of one molecule in the observable universe is 40C, therefore one would need to consume the equivalent of 10^320 observable universes of the substance to get a single molecule of duck liver.
x6Koo TIL of "Soundies" which were 3-minute musical films played on a jukebox in the 1940s and were considered a precursor to music videos. Over 1,800 of these mini-films were made but declined due to wartime material restrictions.
rRJg0 TIL that villages in Northern Portugal mark their boats and homes with runic symbols depending on which family they belong to. These same symbols have been found in Fyn Denmark where it's called "bomarken" or "home-marks" and was a widely held practice in older Scandinavia.
Rbd6 TIL that Jimmy Carter once left the codes required to initiate a nuclear attack in a jacket he sent to the dry cleaners