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6EN4J TIL that Singapore was expelled from Malaysia, making it one of the few times in history when a country has voluntarily divested itself of part of its own territory
mVkp TIL the USA banned the sale of anabolic steroids against the wishes of the AMA, FDA, & DEA. Steroids are also very effective at treating HIV.
e9yD TIL in ancient Rome urine was a taxed commodity due to its value as a cleaning product.
jNOxN TIL A stroke used to be called apoplexy which is Greek "struck down by violence." Hippocrates, the father of medicine, first recognized stroke over 2,400 years ago.
rPgW TIL Lawrence Joseph Bader, a cookware salesman from Akron, Ohio, disappeared on a fishing trip on Lake Erie in 1957. Eight years later he was found alive in Omaha, Nebraska, as a local TV personality, “Fritz” Johnson.