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TIL there is a medical code for being struck by a turtle

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W7xgA TIL that the playing cards English-speaking countries use (Diamonds, Clubs, etc.) are French in origin. Other European countries use completely different symbols.
aQNN TIL A German U-boat Captain improperly executed a toilet flush, leading to the sinking of his submarine.
VBJZk TIL the bug in Sid Meier's 'Civilisation' that caused Gandhi to become aggressive with nuclear weapons, does not exist and is a complete myth,
WDON TIL of Fritz Haber, a German Chemist who is responsible for both developing ammonia based fertilizers, which has helped feed and sustain the modern worlds population, and various chemical weapons such as chlorine gas, which is resulted in some of the worlds greatest atrocities.
rRroe TIL dogs have 10x to 20x faster reaction times than humans.