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TIL I learned about the FDA's Orange Book, which allows you to query all approved drug and therapeutic products for sale in the US

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NaWP TIL that Polar Bears have black skin and translucent fur, and only appear white because of luminescence
oRrRr TIL according to Pliny, Roman Emperor Tiberius once became so enamored by the sculpture "Apoxyomenos" that he took the sculpture out of the public baths of Agrippa and into his own private bedroom. After public uproar, he placed it back into the baths out of shame.
e4VD TIL the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri has more shoreline than the coast of California
p8gE4 TIL Janet Jackson was banned from MTV, VH1, and the Grammy's when Justin Timberlake tore her top on stage, but he was not.
D1rdp TIL Mao Zedong's English interpreter Ji Chaozhu moved to New York in 1939 at age 9, to avoid the war and spent a year at Harvard before returning to China in 1950. He worshipped Mao and remember the Chairman as “serene,” “regal,” and “mentally far away, at peace.”