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TIL Cimetidine (Tagamet), used for treating peptic ulcers, was the first "Blockbuster Drug" - generating over $1 billion in revenue in a single year.

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R5Nb8 Today I learned that a key part of toilets is called the "Toilet Flapper." Another is called the "Ballcock"
AxZ4 TIL donning the enemy uniform during a time to war to conduct espionage or sabotage is not illegal as it is considered a “ruse of war” however donning the enemy uniform to conduct combat and assassination is a war crime.
b6grp TIL The Ottoman Empire never recognized the partition of Poland in the 18th century. Even after the partition, the Ottoman chef de protocol would continue to ostentatiously ask “Where is the deputy from Lehistan (Poland)?” to the annoyance of the diplomats from the partitioning states.
oLJr TIL A total of 48 people went to jail for watergate.
Anaw TIL: The length of a second is “the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom.”