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TIL that Heroin was sythesized, named, commercialized and marketed by Bayer, the pharmaceutical company.

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1aOPV TIL about the Honorable Service Lapel Button or the Ruptured Duck pin. During World War II, members of the armed forces were forbidden to possess civilian clothing unless they were under specific orders to do so. It served as proof that the wearer was an honorably discharged.
oRMpo TIL that the one of the strongest tornadoes in history was not in the United States, but in the Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Germany).
M0MK TIL the United States government fed radioactive oatmeal to mentally handicapped children to study the effects of radioactivity.
wGgP TIL that the dog who played Eddie on Frasier was replaced by his own son in Season 9.
oLZE TIL of the battle of Cerami; “The Norman Thermopylae”, where 300 Normans defeated 50.000 troops of the Emirate of Sicily