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TIL There have been zero spider bite-related fatalities in Australia since 1979.

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PYLBJ TIL an Alaska senior was quoted $65,000 for his dental work. He ended up flying and driving 3,700 miles to Mexico in order to get the entire operation done for $3,000.
Y7aDx TIL Chiquita is the successor to the United Fruit Company. The company has been fined for sponsoring paramilitary groups atleast as late as 2004.
rRPw4 TIL that "Traditional Chinese Medicine" is not a genuine medical heritage, but was invented by Chinese Communists in the 1950s as a nationalist response to shortages of "Western-style" doctors and medication
x6X87 TIL that one of the worst droughts in recorded history occurred in Texas during the 1950's. Huge lakes and rivers dried up completely, grass nearly died out leading to massive dust storms, and 50% of Texas' farming industry was dead by the end of the decade.
XEaEk TIL archaeologists discovered a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle that had traces of at least 5 psychoactive compounds including the ingredients for ayahuasca: cocaine, benzoylecgonine, harmine, bufotenine, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), as well as wood tablets to grind substances and a wooden snuffing tube.