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TIL 22 Years Ago Today Russian Tanks Shelled the Russian Parliament

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wr91 TIL 9 out of 10 Big Pharma companies spend more on marketing than R&D
QWve TIL That Steve Irwin was offered a state funeral following his death, however his dad rejected the government’s offer citing that Steve would have wanted to have been remembered as “an ordinary bloke”.
MjlB TIL: The US Airways employee who gave the ticket to 9/11 terrorist Mohammed Atta said he thought Atta looked like a terrorist but told himself he was just being racist. When the planes later hit the WTC his first reaction was “I was right, this guy was a terrorist”.
XEEKR Are they really healthier raw?
D1rMv TIL Arthur Sackler, Purdue Pharma's founder who died before Oxycontin's release, established NYC's first racially integrated blood bank, discovered and advocated for gentler alternatives to electro-shock therapy, was a pioneer in using ultrasound technology, and an early anti-smoking crusader.