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TIL that cocaine only costs $700/kg to produce but sells in the US for $100/gram.

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LYDp TIL Russian cosmonauts carried a convertible shotgun which doubled as an axe and machete into space. The shotgun was kept to kill bears in case the crew landed in a remote area in the Taiga region of Russia.
vWlB TIL that the first reported UFO sighting took place in the 15th century BC, in Ancient Egypt.
kOPWd TIL that there is competitive tetris and matches are intense
9Y6rB TIL Maurice Sendak - author of “Where the Wild Things Are” - once sketched a drawing in a letter and sent it to a child who was a fan of his. He later received a letter from the child’s mom telling him her son enjoyed the letter so much he ate it.
kJ78E TIL a 2018 study at Cambridge University found no genetic basis for why women tend to score higher than men on empathy tests. The researchers attributed it to 'Socialisation', where due to the way power has traditionally been distributed, it's mostly been up to women to understand men.