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TIL scientists still don't know how Acetaminophen works to relieve pain and reduce inflammation

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OBlg TIL that the National Review, a leading conservative / republican publication, advocated for marijuana legalization in its cover article … in 1972.
nAWY TIL United Airlines denied 3.5 billion dollars worth of employee pension
N7kWM TIL the first "smartphone" pre-dated the iPhone by 15 years.
5Vm6r TIL that President Theodore Roosevelt is the only person to have been awarded a Nobel Peace prize and the Medal of Honor.
VMZ6B TIL when The Hollies released "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" in 1969, the song got up to #3 in the charts. However, after the song was used in a Miller Lite ad in 1988, it managed to reach the #1 spot and stay there for two weeks.