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TIL Only 2 countries in the world allow advertising prescription medication to consumers, the US and New Zealand

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78G4M TIL some cheeses are ripened with live mites, which are then eaten along with the cheese
nW8ZY Today I learned that the influx of silver from the discovery of the Potosi mines indirectly caused the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.
BoOW TIL that in the past, to treat an arrow wound cleanly, one would push the arrow through to the other side of the body
Y7eWP TIL about the Diomede Islands - Big Diomede is in Russian territory, Little Diomede is in the U.S. They're just 2 miles apart, but due to the International Date Line, Big Diomede is 21 hours ahead of Little Diomede.
R7mdj TIL During the shooting of Jurassic Park, the sound design of the T. rex's roar was reportedly a composite of tiger, alligator, and baby elephant sounds. The deadly Dilophosaurus roar was created by combining howler monkeys, hawk screeches, rattlesnake hisses, and swan calls.