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TIL that Mark Cuban co-founded a company with the aim of making prescription drugs radically more affordable in the USA

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lKEB TIL that the CIA carried out a terrorist campaign against civilian Viet Cong sympathizers in which over 26,000 were killed while some 55,000 others were captured and subjected to rape, electrocution, maulings, and other torture.
aw1X0 TIL that air conditioning was originally created to keep moist air in a printing plant from wrinkling magazine pages.
rX8x TIL that this chair scene in Austin Powers wasn’t scripted. The tech team was messing with Mike and he stayed in character so they just kept the scene.
oBmyr TIL that Creme Puff the oldest cat ever recorded with 38 years and 3 days (1967-2005) had an usual diet of, among other things, bacon and eggs, asparagus, broccoli, and coffee with heavy cream
d8K09 TIL "Seinfeld" composer Jonathan Wolff rewrote the theme song for every single episode. He says, "The bassline is so simple it can start and stop for his jokes, hold for laughs, and that way I could architect each piece of music for each monologue, Lego-style.”