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TIL The United States consumes 99% of the world’s hydrocodone, as it has been banned elsewhere

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Y785P TIL that the iconic Y.M.C.A. dance originated from a misunderstanding. The Village People's original dance choreography had them holding their hands above their heads to clap. Audience members misinterpreted this as a Y and added the other letters on their own in an episode of American Bandstand.
KO9oB TIL 50% of bankruptcies are caused by health problems in the US.
JYOrV TIL that "Star Wars" creator George Lucas personally funded "Jurassic Park" paleontologist Jack Horner's "Build a Dinosaur" (a.k.a "chickenosaurus") project, a bid to "reverse genetically engineer a living dinosaur using chicken DNA".
rR1Ex TIL a rodent that was believed to be extinct for 113 years casually showed up on the handrail at the front porch of an ecolodge in Colombia and let researchers photograph it for two hours before disappearing into the night, after which it was never seen again
pY7Vp TIL: A pill form crystal meth, known as Pervitin, was distributed by the millions to Wehrmacht troops before the successful invasion of France as part of the "stimulant decree" in 1940.