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TIL actual meth can be prescribed for ADHD in the United States

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VBvRk TIL about Hugh Thompson Jr., a U.S. Army officer who ended the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. He landed his helicopter between fleeing Vietnamese civilians and pursuing American troops, telling his gunner to open fire on the soldiers if they attacked.
m1Yxy TIL in 1996, surveyor Mike Tate got a side street in NC renamed for the band Anthrax. After the 2001 Anthrax attacks, town residents were suddenly uncomfortable with the name and petitioned to have it changed.
ya TIL that life expectancy in Cuba is higher than in the United States
l7Gj5 TIL a Cutting Horse is a type of horse that is bred and trained to separate a single cow from a herd of cattle. Some cutting breeds have evolved a 'cow sense', an innate ability to read and predict a cow's movements
BrDaL TIL a man lived 555 days without his heart, he used instead device he carried on his backpack to pump blood through his body, enabling him to do all sorts of things while awaiting transplant