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TIL the word ‘nice’ used to mean 'stupid’.

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5Y6PR TIL that Prince originally wrote "Purple Rain" as a country song and intended it to be a collaboration with Stevie Nicks, but she felt too overwhelmed to do it.
kJ6JW TIL that between 2016 and 2020 doctors in the USA surgically mutilated 48,000 people for profit
16DkX TIL the decongestant in DayQuil and NyQuil don't work.
E1Zb0 TIL that Steve Jobs used a loophole in the UNOS registration system to get his liver transplant before others.
PYdgg TIL that swallowing pills without water can make it take longer for them to work, increase the chances of the pill to get stuck in your esophagus and in worse scenarios make an ulcer in your esophagus mucosa.