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TIL there is a shortage in chemotherapy treatment medications across the USA due to the slim profit margins that medical companies make from them.

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P1gJE TIL the flying insect population has decreased ~60% since the year 2000
9wrBB TIL Andres Serrano once faced extreme controversy for his work, "Immersion (Piss Christ)" (1987), which shows a crucifix of Jesus dunked in urine. In 2023, Pope Francis blessed Serrano and gave him a thumbs up gesture of approval.
BQmr TIL The Censored Eleven, eleven Loony Toons cartoons witheld from syndication in 1968, were only shown past that as a special presention in a single theater in 2010 (Now available on Youtube)
L7vr TIL In 1904 a woman borrowed $5 million dollars from US Banks because people thought she was Andrew Carnegie’s illegitimate child. She wasn’t.
gMAD8 TIL “Decimation” was a form of punishment within the Roman Army in which every tenth man was executed by his fellow troops. It was used to punish offenses such as mutiny, desertion, and cowardice. The word “decimation” is derived from Latin meaning “removal of a tenth.”