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TIL the US has the highest critical care hospital beds per capita, by a wide margin

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YbZr TIL For 2 years running, Allstate Insurance has declared Bostonians to be the worst drivers in the US.
P1exG TIL because of tidal forces, the moon completes one revolution every 655 hours. So one "side" of the Moon is always facing the Earth, and the other "side" is always facing away from the Earth. On the surface of the Moon, you would experience 327.5 hours of sunlight and 327.5 hours of darkness.
ADoRw TIL in the U.S. (unlike other countries), the placebo effect is so strong that new painkillers have trouble beating it in clinical trials.
QN9pk TIL that in 2015, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) decided to allow the first limited black bear hunt in the state since the 1990s. However, the hunt was ended abruptly when hunters killed 295 bears out of the 320-bear limit in just 2 days.
7rNyx TIL that there is a job where people trim cow hooves, keeping the cows from going lame and having other issues.