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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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m1vOO TIL that the Gummy Bear originated in Germany, where it was created by Hans Riegel, who started the Haribo Company in 1920. In 1922, Riegel invented the Dancing Bear gummy, inspired by bears seen at street markets in Europe. The Gold Bear product, the current gummy standard, was created in 1967.
mxL6Y TIL McDonalds is the biggest toy distributor in the world
BJPL TIL when the British threatened to intervene on behalf of the Danes in the Second Schleswig War, Chancellor Bismarck simply replied “If the British Army landed in Europe, I’d get the Belgian police to arrest them”
R7jpa TIL that in the 1970s the LA Times published an article regarding Oliver, a purported human-chimp hybrid
ZPWY TIL former Police Chief of Toronto Julian Fantino has illegally wiretapped police critics, conducted witch-hunts on gay men under the guise of “child porn”, hidden cases of cops assaulting and robbing drug dealers, committed bribery + more…… and is now a Member of Canadian Parliament.