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TIL the short urinals aren’t for children, they’re for wheelchairs.

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OoD1e TIL that AMC counted 942 cigarettes were smoked on the entire Mad Men TV-Series. You would see someone smoking at least every 5 minutes in each episode.
kQMm TIL a metabolite of the dissociative anaesthetic ketamine (2S,6S-HNK) has an antidepressant effect which works within minutes and a single dose lasts weeks. Standard antidepressants like Prozac take WEEKS
l7Z9G TIL Mount Rushmore, or Six Grandfathers is the sacred site for many Indigenous people including the Sioux, the US betrayed the Sioux & abandoned its ratified treaty with them due to the Gold Rush & insulted them further by blowing the mountains to build the "National Memorial Shrine of Democracy"
kJlD1 TIL that epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic condition that causes skin to become extremely fragile and prone to blistering, led to the death of a two-month-old baby named Felix Jean.