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TIL that It’s illegal for drug companies to advertise to consumers almost everywhere in the world. The only exceptions are the US and New Zealand.

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ne7Ko TIL Jimmy Carter was the first US president to be born in a hospital.
kjLd TIL some birds search for prey during wildfires and are even in suspicion on propagating them. “Ornithogenic Fire: Raptors as Propagators of Fire in the Australian Savanna”
LErV TIL That telling “scary ghost stories” is an old Christmas Eve tradition that has died out in the past century
4Xb0R TIL that "Love Me Do" by The Beatles was their debut single originally released in the UK on Oct 5th, 1962. It peaked at # 17 in the charts that year.
YpKVB TIL of Hellenism, the modern day revival of the ancient Greek religion