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TIL - There are only two countries in the world where drug companies are permitted to advertise to the public: New Zealand and USA.

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MelQb TIL Alexandre Dumas was a notable cook and gourmand during his lifetime. He completed a 1150 page culinary encyclopedia that was published 3 years after his death.
R57J4 TIL The Saturday morning cartoon Dungeons and Dragons finished with a cliffhanger and was cancelled. Some fans interviewed the writer Michael Reeves, got the finale script, used series animations, and one original actor to recreate what should have been the final episode.
woeNM TIL about William Dampier, a naturalist who used piracy as a means to explore the world. He was the first Englishman to explore parts of Australia, one of Charles Darwin's inspirations and introduced the words "barbecue", "avocado", "chopsticks", and "subspecies" into the English language.
yVVkw TIL that no one really knows the origin of the scoring system in Tennis
OoEje TIL in 2015 the Indiana Supreme Court banned a police officer from having "OINK" on their Fraternal Order of Police license plate.