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TIL medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States - more than 250,000 Americans die each year from medical errors

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O55X TIL that to become a man in the Etoro tribe of New Guinea, you must perform oral sex on your father or other village elders, and swallow their semen
yVPvX TIL about WASP-12b, an exoplanet so close to its star that it is being stretched by gravity into an egg shape.
bbw7 TIL that baking soda and dish soap (hydrogen peroxide) can be used to remove the smell of skunk spray. The oxygen molecules from the hydrogen peroxide bond with the thiols compounds present in the skunk spray, completely neutralizing the odor.
dOk9 TIL there’s a train from NYC that will drop you off at the Appalachian Trail
4kRAw TIL that there were five cases of bonobos in groups hunting monkeys in Salonga National Park. In three of these, the bonobos ended up eating baby monkeys.