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TIL the WHO has some very specific disease code classifications, such as "hurt at opera", "bitten by orca", "burn due to water skis on fire", and "unspecified spacecraft accident injuring occupant"

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neawP TIL that Sheila Vogel-Coupe, age 85 as of 2014, was believed to be Britain’s oldest working prostitute. She became a sex worker at the age of 81. She serviced an average of 10 clients a week and charged upwards of $420 an hour.
EPKX TIL Lockheed Martin is developing an exoskeleton for the military that will allow a soldier to carry a 200lb load for extended periods.
ADyyB TIL The Chicago Bears are named after the Chicago Cubs! They originally shared a stadium. Footballers are bigger than baseball players so Bears are bigger than Cubshence the name! Heard those names a hundred times and never put it together.
0Gn5 TIL that Jet Li was presumed dead during the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster.
WNro TIL after Olga of Kiev’s husband got murdered, she went after the culprits and not only obliterated the whole family through ruse and deceit, but also destroyed their city. With pigeons.