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TIL that a pharmaceutical drug company used a rap music video to push for higher fentanyl doses and sales

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a8EJ TIL 14-year old Laurence Fishburne lied about his age to play a 17 year old soldier in Apocalypse Now. Filming took so long that Fishburne was actually 17 years old when shooting wrapped.
lo6Q1 TIL during WW2 when General Patton got in trouble for slapping a shell shocked soldier, his punishment was to command an inflatable army of decoy tanks in England to divert Germany's attention from a potential attack at Normandy. This proved to be essential to the success of the D-Day invasions.
W1G9 TIL that a New Mexico man tried to kill a mouse that he had caught in a glue trap by burning it alive on a pile of burning leaves. Instead, the fire melted the glue, freeing the flaming mouse which then ran back inside the man’s home and started a fire which burned the house down
ZpDoB TIL what PDA or Pathological Demand Avoidance is. Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is a proposed disorder and sub-type of autism spectrum disorder,[1] defined by characteristics such as a greater refusal to follow the requests of others.
699dm TIL self checkouts can recognise produce items and they give you a list to choose from based on what they ‘see’