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TIL William Leonard Pickard, the guy who had a lab in a missile silo and was once responsible for a third of global LSD supply, predicted the fentanyl fentanyl epidemic in the 90's

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XEVNE TIL Intermarche supermarkets in France offered a 70% discount on Nutella, bringing the price down from €4.50 to €1.40. This led to riots & violence in stores. One customer claimed 'They are like animals. A woman had her hair pulled, an elderly lady took a box on her head, another had a bloody hand.'
rGWx TIL Vaginal Secretions contain a component found in shark livers called squalene. The chemical is also found in cosmetics as it is an excellent moisturizer that doesn’t leave the skin feeling greasy
E1Ow0 TIL that Stalin, while in his mid 30s, had an affair with a 13 year old girl and got her pregnant twice.
VBEX0 TIL Nazi Germany had a squadron of pilots dedicated to ramming Allied bombers at the end of WWII.
P74Z TIL For the last 30 years EVERY member of Congress has received monthly copies of Hustler Magazine.