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TIL that the US has more ICU beds per capita than any other country

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M74LK TIL The Diderot Effect which states that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption which leads you to acquire more new things. As a result, we end up buying things that our previous selves never needed to feel happy or fulfilled.
9gEM TIL that the Greek mathematician Archimedes was killed during the siege of Syracuse when he refused to acknowledge his Roman captors because he was too engrossed in solving a math problem.
ZXAG TIL that the stop sign has a unique eight-sided shape so that drivers facing the back of the sign know that oncoming drivers have a stop sign.
5V9MB TIL that one species of jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, is almost immortal. It can revert its life cycle by reprogramming its cells.
QNDM TIL That there is a well documented fan theory that “The Shining” was secretly Stanley Kubrick’s way of telling his audience he filmed the fake lunar landing.