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TIL The popular anti-nausea drug Zofran has nausea listed as a possible side effect

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PYNde TIL Quentin Tarantino said in 2010 that had never met his father, Tony Tarantino, who had wanted to be an actor and claims he was blacklisted in the 1960s. Said Quentin: "He wanted to be an actor [...] Now he's an actor only because he has my last name"
KYgZQ TIL the first publicly transmitted live trans-Atlantic program was broadcast via the Telstar satellite on July 23, 1962, at 3:00 pm EDT with Walter Cronkite as one of the main presenters in the multinational broadcast that included the Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower.
1Kpd TIL the Pyramids were ordered to be disassembled and their blocks used to build dams on the Nile. The chief architect personally opposed, but knew he’d be replaced if he defied orders. So he prepared a false cost analysis showing that freshly quarried stone would cost less: thus saving the Pyramids.
wLn7W TIL a 1991 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation foresaw the phenomena of video game addiction.
VM46Z TIL: Those with a criminal record have a hard time securing stable housing, even though access to it prevents more crime. When people with criminal records are given supportive housing, the use of state prisons and city jails drops by 74% and 40% respectively.