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TIL that the pope can't be an organ donor
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TIL in Texas, prison inmates have to pay $100 a year out of their personal account to see a doctor for a sickness that is not an emergency or a chronic illness. If they don’t have the money, half of all future funds deposited into their account are put towards the debt.
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TIL That a type of plastic can be made from Milk. The resulting product is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, antiallergenic, antistatic and virtually nonflammable.
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TIL that Michael Flatley is not Irish; he is American
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TIL Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi who was considered to be the most powerful woman of the classical world, has had almost nothing recorded about her process because authors from the period treated it as common knowledge with no need to explain.
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TIL that studies showed that economic insecurity causes people to experience a lack of control, which activates psychological processes associated with anxiety and fear. This causes people to be more vulnerable to feeling physical pain, and makes them more likely to rely on painkillers.