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TIL the pharmaceutical drug industry actively recruits college cheerleaders as prescription drug reps to influence sales to male doctors

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GYWrQ TIL Tic Tacs are allowed to say they contain zero sugar even though they're almost entirely pure sugar -- because a single Tic Tac is 0.49 g and technically if a serving of a food contains < 0.5 g sugar you are allowed to round down to zero.
KOjow TIL That contrary to the Australian phrase “waking up at sparrows fart” to indicate a time very early in the morning, birds don’t fart.
XL7j TIL None of the top 5 countries with largest Muslim population are located in the Middle-East
e0pBb TIL the CIA planned to kick the British off of the Falklands, send them to Scotland, and give the islands to Argentina.
AVrw TIL that those iconic X-shaped fortifications on the beaches at D-day were designed to tear open the bottoms of landing craft. The attack was expected to come at high tide, when they would be hidden under the water.