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TIL [US only] You can view exactly how much money your doctor has ever received from any pharmaceutical company.

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loNAV TIL that Tolkien’s original version of the Dark Lord Sauron in Lord of the Rings was a giant black cat....“Tevildo the prince of cats”
16ko4 TIL some professional sports leagues have contingency plans for "disaster drafts" in case a large portion of a single team dies.
5Vo9R TIL Pablo Escobar's Medellin drug cartel wrote off 10% of their money annually due to soilage because it would lie untouched for so long that rats would eat it or it would become water damaged.
QJdZ9 TIL There is a polar bear jail in Manitoba for "troublesome or dangerous" bears
jNvJn TIL Winston Churchill is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the European Union. Churchill called for a "United States of Europe", organised democratically, to prevent future wars. He was a driving force behind the creation of the Council of Europe.