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TIL greyhound changed their slogan from “there’s a reason youve never heard of bus rage” after a brutal murder occured on one of their lines

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rNkeW TIL There was going to be an Austin Powers racing game on the SEGA Dreamcast by Rockstar but it was cancelled
xx0B TIL Churchill kept a bed in the Houses of Parliament and believed that napping was the key to his success in leading the country through the Battle of Britain.
JYBEk TIL although Smith remains the most common surname in America, for the first time two Hispanic names, Garcia and Rodriguez, have joined Smith, Johnson, and Miller in the top ten most common surnames in the nation
47Ow TIL of Angel’s Glow, a condition observed in soldiers at the Battle of Shiloh, when their wounds began to glow blue and heal faster. In 2001, a 17yo discovered it was caused by nematode vomit, the beneficial bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens.
rRAjM TIL the schizophrenia treatment drug risperidone is as low as 30 cents per month in the developing world, but in the US costs patients $100 to $200.