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TIL that nitrous oxide was used primarily as a recreational drug in English parties for over 4 decades before doctors saw its potential in medicine.

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mbRy TIL that Anders Breivik, a Norweigan man convicted of killing 69 children in 2011, went on a hunger strike to upgrade is prison cell PS2 to a PS3
85ya TIL the United States is the current reigning Rugby Olympic Champion (1924), and the only team to win gold twice.
Vw0k TIL that for American women under 30, more than half of births occur outside of marriage.
1DxX TIL A rapist still has parental rights over the child in the majority of US States
g4n8 TIL that chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer literally spat on a US order warning him that a rematch in Eastern Europe would violate US sanctions. He played the match and then spent the next 16 years as a fugitive outside the US until his death.