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V18G TIL 99% of the world’s Hydrocodone supply is consumed by the U.S.
rNDQe TIL that the Australian Senate is comprised of elected members who actively take part in legislation, whereas in other countries that use the Westminster system, e.g. the U.K. and Canada, the upper house of government is appointed and mostly just reviews bills that the lower house sends their way.
oRx0E TIL a boy was hit in the head with a foul ball during a televised game, rather than wait for EMTS to arrive, Jim Rice Ran into the stands and took him into the clubhouse, where he was immediately treated by the team's medical staff. He is credited with saving the boy's life.
awLmJ TIL when Adolf Hitler took power in the 1930s, he owed back taxes totaling 405,494 Reichsmarks (over USD $2 million today). He never paid.
69pYw TIL the most referenced scientific paper in history is "Protein Measurement with the Folin Phenol Reagent" (1951), cited over 305,000 times. It describes a laboratory method for determining protein levels in solution.