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TIL Medical errors kill more Americans every year than guns, cars and alcohol combined.

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x6rOg TIL that when Stalin was dying, his doctor was unavailable because he was being tortured by the secret police. Paralyzed and unable to speak, Stalin lay untreated for 12 h while his terrified subordinates debated calling a doctor, fearing he might recover and punish them for acting without orders.
wlbE TIL the fox in Firefox’s logo is actually a red panda, and “Firefox” is another name for red pandas
w0MJ TIL that silent reading wasn’t common prior to the 4th century, and that Saint Ambrose was one of the first people to practise it.
Eg18d TIL the movie Saw (2004) was shot in just 18 days with a budget under a million dollars, and grossed more than $100 million at the box office.
Oo8g6 TIL according to Taika Waititi, 80% of the dialogue in Thor: Ragnarok was improvised, in order to create a "very loose and collaborate mood" among the cast an attempt to replicate the tone and sensibility from his previous films.