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TIL the United States consumes over 84% of the world’s oxycodone supply, and 99% of its hydrocodone supply (opioid painkillers)

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LkZe9 TIL that Giovanni Cassini measured the size of France accurately for the first time during the reign of King Louis XIV. The true size turned out to be much smaller than Louis had expected, and Louis quipped that Cassini had taken more of his kingdom from him than he had won in all his wars.
KYgx6 TIL It's Impossible to Hum While You Hold Your Nose. When a person hums, air passes between the vocal cords in the throat, causing them to vibrate. In order to hum, you'll have to have your mouth closed so that the sound emerges from your nose.
J1a9j TIL A lot of angry men have a core sense of inferiority. They feel like they don’t measure up. And that is a lot of men, especially white men, feel like other people are getting stuff that they're entitled to and not getting it.
5VKPp TIL that Washington Irving the American creator of Sleepy Hollow was integral to popularizing our current understanding of not only Halloween, but also Christmas. His stories of a British manor at Christmas time would go on to inspire Charles Dickens.
4xbR TIL that there is a special (some say secret) room at the Naples National Archaeological Museum that contains incredibly erotic art discovered during the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum.