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TIL the free market value of cocaine, worth $1,000 on the black market, is $20.

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EWWx TIL in 1993 the Japanese religious cult Aum Shinrikyo released aerosolized Anthrax in a city near Tokyo over the course of 2 days. It should’ve killed thousands, however, they used a strain of Anthrax used for cattle vaccinations and inadvertently could’ve immunized everyone instead.
9wOy6 TIL is is estimated that medical errors is the 3rd leading cause of U.S deaths, causing up to 250k deaths yearly
d8Q6j TIL Originally published in Pyongyang in 1988, “Friend” by Paek Nam-nyong became the first state-sanctioned novel written in North Korea for North Koreans ever made available to Anglophone readers in a translated 2020 edition
1Mv7 TIL that. in the US, the “we’ll be back after these messages” often seen during kid shows of the ‘70s, '80s, and '90s were mandated by the FCC to help children differentiate between the TV show and commercials.
VkDm TIL there is a bar in California whose drink prices are constantly adjusted in real time based on supply & demand