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TIL The First Crisis Hotline Was Started in 1953 in London by a British Priest Named Chad Varah

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m1vpy TIL that you are allowed to beat/assault your wife in Iraq under Article 41 and murdering them will only grant you three years in prison
Oodm7 TIL Henry VIII may have been a carrier for the rare Kell blood antigen that would have caused his wives’ antibodies to attack their Kell-positive fetuses, resulting in neonatal death
awg0o TIL people scatter their beloved's ashes at Disneyland so much, Disney has a specific code for it. When they catch someone doing it on a ride, they close the ride for clean-up, tell everyone in line there are “technical difficulties” and give them all ‘Fast Passes’ for all the other rides.
kXpm TIL the third leading cause of death in America - behind heart disease and cancer - is medical error, claiming 251,000 lives each year, higher than respiratory disease, accidents, stroke and Alzheimer’s.
6EBk7 TIL that WD-40 has never been patented as patenting would force them to disclose their recipe.