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TIL that Metallica can be used to repel cougars
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TIL in 1995 drug giant GlaxoSmithKline gathered over one hundred black and hispanic orphans, including toddlers and babies, to test the “toxicity” of their AIDS medication on them. They continued to do this for nearly ten years.
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TIL that Franklin Dixon, the author of over 200 Hardy Boys books which have sold over 70 million copies worldwide is not a real person but a collective pseudonym for dozens of authors who have written for the series. Canadian author Leslie McFarlane wrote 19 of the first 25 books.
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TIL that the phrase “Blood is thicker than water” was originally “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” meaning the modern phrase is opposite in meaning to its origin.
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TIL that Charlotte, NC is the best city for high salaries and low living costs.
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TIL that Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the son of the famous president, was the only General to land in the first wave of the D-Day landings, despite having a heart condition that forced him to walk with a cane. He succumbed to a heart attack a month later, and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor.