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TIL that Each day in France, over 3 million jambon-beurre (ham and butter) sandwiches are sold, more than almost any other kind of sandwich, except for fast-food hamburgers

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4XBMX TIL that the cream used to treat anal tears can be used to drastically slow down the speed at which venom spreads through your body after a snake-bite, buying valuable life-saving time to reach a hospital
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7ZVr TIL 4,000 McDonald’s hamburgers are eaten every minute. That’s also the number of burgers they get from one cow.
x65L0 TIL that an outbreak of cyanide poisoning in Tylenol in 1982 is what brought about safety seals on over-the-counter pill bottles.
OWML TIL that in Japan people don’t give up their seat to the elderly on public transportation because it is seen as a sign of disrespect.