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TIL that 80% of the world’s painkillers are consumed in the US, and consumption has quadrupled since 1999

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4XQlb TIL The first 500,000 units of the Playstation 3 came with a Blu Ray of Talladega Nights a month before its release.
DM6j TIL Emily, a three-year-old cow, escaped from a slaughterhouse in 1995 and wandered the backyards and woods of Boston’s suburbs for 40 days. She ran with herds of deer and was given help from residents to evade capture. She was eventually purchased by a “Peace Abbey” on Christmas Eve.
XEeE6 TIL the U.S. Army has the most overweight troops out of all the military branches
16Orr TIL A Fistful of Dollars by Sergio Leone was identified as an unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo, and he received 15% of the western’s revenue, after Kurosawa wrote to Leone about it.
ANDJo TIL that the naval ensign of the Indian Navy continues to contain the flag of England (Cross of St George) defaced with India's national flag as a canton (in the upper left quarter).