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TIL: Infliximab (Remicade) is derived from human and mouse DNA and is an approved for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and psoriasis.

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xVOEk TIL that on May 11, 1995, during the first E3, Sega announced their new Saturn console would cost $400 and shockingly had been shipped to select retailers that same day. During their keynote, Sony announced the Playstation would launch at $300. Sega would exit the console business six years later.
y6oe TIL a Manhattan driver recently set a record by hitting 240 consecutive green lights.
Z8lDB TIL about an event known as an "October Surprise." An October Surprise is a news event deliberately timed just before a US election in order to influence the outcome of that election.
grn0W TIL Spain’s intellectual disabled mens basketball team that won 2000 Paralympic gold was found to be faking their disabilities, got charged with fraud, and got the entire intellectual disabled basketball category removed from the Paralympics
Lkl5Q TIL that according to legend an Ethiopian goat herder discovered coffee after he noticed that after eating the berries from a certain tree, his goats became so energetic that they did not want to sleep at night.