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TIL Oxycontin is more addictive because the withdrawal symptoms are so bad.

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7W1x TIL that Subway now has more restaurants worldwide than McDonalds.
lo4Lr TIL in the film Paddington, the writers wanted the CGI bear to use a cake fork for a gag, but director Paul King had to veto it because it'd cost another £10k to render the fork in CGI
LkmV0 TIL Dubbed as one of the worse sales promotions in history, Hoover nearly went bankrupt after promising UK customers a flight to the USA and back if they spent £100 or more on their products. Hoover cancelled the promotion before many customers received their tickets and some even took legal action.
dXJE TIL a greetings card that can play ‘Happy Birthday’ has more computing power than existed in the whole world in the 1950s.
9Y5OB TIL of Tell Abu Hureyra, oldest known farming site in the world.