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TIL pharmaceutical companies can only advertise directly to the consumer in two countries, the US and New Zealand

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yW4J TIL that orange carrots were NOT selectively bred by Dutch farmers in the 1600s to honor the Prince of Orange. It’s a tale, and there’s no documentary evidence for this story! The real history is far more complex, and more interesting….
6XXW TIL male lobster’s bladders are in their heads, and when they fight, they squirt each other in the face with urine
1Ka7 TIL: In 1917, The U.S. government sued Clark Stanley for $20 when they found out that the snake oil he was selling did not contain any oil extracted from actual snakes.
LQxer TIL that not only is the Vatican City a country, but it is also the world’s smallest country by both area and population
VWNk TIL that a reckless neurosurgeon in Texas killed and paralyzed several patients over 18 months in spite of many formal complaints of his malpractice by fellow neurosurgeons.