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TIL the United States is responsible for 90% of the worlds consumption of Ritalin.

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AD604 TIL mobile game developers, because the FTC's Truth in Advertising has not caught up with this practice, are allowed to grossly falsify gameplay with advertising in order to get you to download as long as they don't charge you up front to play or download the game.
kOX5g TIL that the first nuclear explosion almost occurred by accident in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Dr. Richard Feynman, a physicist who was working on the Manhattan Project, discovered that the military's "need to know" security resulted in a dangerous amount of uranium nitrate being stored with uranium-235.
VBYoZ TIL Unilever and Procter & Gamble have been fined $456M for fixing washing powder prices in 8 European countries in 2011. The fines were discounted by 10% after the 2 industry giants admitted running a cartel. Their rival Henkel, who provided the tip-off, was not fined in return.
kmJE TIL that former baseball player Bobby Bonilla signed a contract in 2000 which pays him $1.9 million a year until 2035.
ORa6 TIL the Majority of Millennials Have $1,000 or Less in Savings