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TIL of the Toronto Hospital Baby Deaths. A 625 percent increase in infant morality led to the discovery of digoxin present at levels 13 times higher than normal in the babies. To date, the exact culprit is unknown

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0GQy TIL that on Nov. 28, 2013, comet ISON will fly through the sun’s atmosphere little more than a million km from the stellar surface. If the comet survives without breaking up it could emerge glowing as brightly as the Moon, visible near the sun in broad daylight.
rQlw TIL when Sun Ra played a gig at a mental hospital, it prompted a patient to talk for the first time in years. The patient walked directly to his piano, and said ‘Do you call that music?’
LkNAm TIL Godzilla is now an official citizen of Japan
xNdB TIL, James Hong, Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China, not only has almost 400 acting credits, but was a contestant on Groucho Marx’s You Bet Your Life back in 1950.
J1RV1 TIL: The top 3 imported items by weight in the US are furniture, bananas and artwork