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TIL Dentists are still allowed to use cocaine as an anesthetic.

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7rJ1X TIL that actor Vic Morrow was killed when he was crushed by a crashing helicopter while filming the “A Quality of Mercy” segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie.
AGVa TIL the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade originally featured live animals from the Central Park Zoo, but they occasionally roared and scared children, so they were replaced with balloons.
ZoeB TIL, the book “to train up a child” by Michael Pearl advocates the use of severe corporal punishment and even starvation to control children. It has been linked to multiple child deaths.
JwVV TIL the MMORPG Everquest is still getting official expansions 13 years after it was originally released: Released on Mar 16, 1999, 19th Expansion Pack: Nov 28, 2012
vPdAR TIL that the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars (1792 - 1815) cost Britain a combined estimate of £1,650,000,000 to finance. Which adjusted for inflation, would come to approximately £43,302,064,102.