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TIL Prince died due to an overdose caused by counterfeit opioid pills containing fentanyl

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PYvpL TIL the Pharma company Allergan gave a number of their patents to a Native American tribe (and licensed the patents back to themselves) so that the tribe could asset "sovereign immunity" and prevent the patents from being invalidated.
KYBYw TIL Dusty Springfield, who sang "Son of a Preacher Man", used in Pulp Fiction, was in a long-term lesbian relationship with Norma Tanega, who sang "You're Dead" , used as the theme song for What We Do In The Shadows.
je5R TIL that General Motors hired private investigators and prostitutes to try and catch Ralph Nader in compromising situations, in an attempt to discredit him after he published a book on car safety in 1965.
VMjJm TIL The Commonwealth of Australia is registered as an American company.
XExaj TIL the USA have the most billionaires of any country at 614, with China next at 389