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TIL Closing Time by Semisonic Is About Childbirth, Not Last Call at a Bar.

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v1PX4 TIL antidisestablishmentarianism isn't actually in the dictionary
07dN TIL that the United States spends more per person on healthcare than any other developed country yet 1/3rd of its healthcare expenditures are depleted by administrative overhead, about $750 billion.
gXNW TIL that jurors can find a defendant “not guilty” regardless of evidence if they believe the law broken is unjust.
OXGg TIL that the Sinclair Method is 80% effective in 90 clinical trials at treating alcohol addiction, much more effective in the long term to the 12 Step Method from AA.
QJBmp TIL that Elton John was the first artist from the west allowed to perform in Russia during the Cold War. While there, Elton was given a Russian 'interpreter', who he knew was a KGB spy. He seduced the spy and made love to him on the rooftop of the hotel he was staying in.