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TIL the boy whose exorcism inspired "The Exorcist" later became a NASA engineer, where his contributions significantly supported the Apollo missions during the 1960s.

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Y5aP TIL: In 1849, a woman named Mrs. Charlotte M. Winslow concocted a pain reliever for teething children called Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, which contained morphine sulphate, sodium carbonate, spirits foeniculiand, and aqua ammonia. Shockingly, the syrup remained in the market until 1930.
Mepna TIL that due to prevalence of dubbed western programs in post-soviet Ukraine, a nationally produced comedy sketch show was recorded in English/German and then dubbed to Russian
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