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TIL 30% Of new heroin users are addicted within 12 months

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epkng TIL Nelson Rockefeller, former Vice President of the United States and heir to the Rockefeller family fortune, died of a heart attack rumored to be caused by an orgasm during intercourse with his secretary. When he died the New York Times quipped: "Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going".
w871 TIL the Placebo effect also works on dogs.
WlrN TIL that Ernst Leitz, the founder of Leica camera, smuggled Jews out of Germany by giving them jobs overseas and he gave each one a camera as a symbol of freedom
xVO7 TIL only 58 people died from snake bites in Australia between 1979 and 2000 versus 46,000 per year in India.
Q1ZE TIL unvaccinated children in Victoria, Australia are prohibited from enrolling in childcare.