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TIL Drug overdose deaths, driven largely by prescription drug overdose deaths, are now the leading cause of injury death in the United States – surpassing motor vehicle crashes.

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a6by TIL Rich Moore, director of Wreck-It Ralph, was a director of several Simpsons Episodes in the early 90s, including the original Tree House of Horrors
9vxp TIL in Switzerland, it is illegal to keep just one guinea pig.
xVvgD TIL that the dog that played Toto in the Wizard of Oz had a higher salary than alot of the human actors, earning the equivalent of $2,200 a week in today's money
JK7V TIL: There’s a Crater in Russia with enough diamonds in it to supply the entire world’s need for 3,000 years. (“Trillions of Carats”)
e08dk TIL that during World War 2, the US implemented a nationwide "Victory Speed Limit" of 35 mph to conserve gasoline and rubber for the war effort.