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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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ZgZQ TIL that in the 1970 Mr. Olympia final, the judges could not decide between Arnold and Sergio Olivia so the two of them, exhausted, agreed to walk off. Sergio left, but Arnold, after taking one step, turned back to the judges, made fun of Sergio for leaving, and started posing again and won.
LLpv TIL in 1977 Jose Campos Torres was arrested for disorderly conduct and severely beaten by six police officers. The city jail would not process him due to his injuries and ordered the officers to take him to the hospital. Instead they took him to the bayou where they pushed Torres in and he drowned.
e0akE TIL, in 2011 Apple had more cash than the United States Treasury Department.
eZXL TIL that Gene Roddenberry was asked by a reporter about casting Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: TNG. “Surely by the 24th century, they would have found a cure for male pattern baldness.” And Gene Roddenberry responded “No, by the 24th century, no one will care.”
E15P7 TIL Woodstock Festival took place in the middle of the 68/69 Hong Kong Flu pandemic