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TIL that the Tourette Syndrome Association released a statement after the South Park episode “Le Petit Tourette” where they complimented the show on being “well researched” and that it “served as a clever device” to get accurate information to the public.

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yQy4a TIL The FBI Hostage Rescue Team was conceived after FBI Director William H. Webster witnessed a demonstration by Delta Force. When he inquired as to why the men did not carry handcuffs, an operator replied "We put two rounds in the forehead. The dead don't need handcuffs."
nkaB TIL that in the last 64 years humans have slain 90% of the World’s sharks.
M7LDA TIL the Syndrome of the Third Man. An unseen presence that converses with the victim and offers encouragement and practical advice has been seen by mountain climbers and explorers during stressful survival circumstances.
Me1WA TIL that heroin was first mass-produced by the pharmaceutical company Bayer in 1897. From 1898 to 1910 heroin was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children.
d818j TIL broccoli and cauliflower can breed, producing broccoflower