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TIL of a 1995 WHO study that stated “occasional cocaine use does not lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems” was never published because the US threatened to withdraw funding from all WHO projects.

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wo8V7 TIL that baseball superstar Steve Garvey’s wife Cynthia left him in 1983 for music legend Marvin Hamlisch. Some people may only know Hamlisch as the guy that played the song “You’re So Vain” on the piano in the movie How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days.
Vx44 TIL that in 1997, a former head of Russian National Security alleged that 100 suitcase-sized Nuclear Bombs had gone missing
X6xE TIL Albert Einstein’s brains were kept and dissected both improperly and against his wishes, and his eye balls remain in a safe deposit box in New York City…
Vb8B TIL: cherophobia (fear of happiness) is an attitude towards happiness in which individuals may deliberately avoid experiences that invoke positive emotions or happiness because they think something bad will happen after.
BjQk TIL that an unborn horse has a rubbery covering over its hooves to protect its mother from being harmed during gestation and birth. They fall off almost immediately as the foal tries to stand.