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TIL Viagra is given to some premature babies to increase oxygen transport by widening the blood vessels, as their lungs often haven't developed enough to transport oxygen efficiently on their own

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9wDkG TIL that in 2010, the carrot industry launched a marketing initiative called "Eat'em Like Junk Food". The campaign used tactics from the snack industry, including snack-food-like packaging; futuristic, sexual, and extreme sports-themed TV commercials; carrot vending machines; and an iPhone game.
rR6WM TIL that November 9th is often called the 'Day of Fate' in German history - Robert Blum's death in 1848, Kaiser Wilhelm's abdication in 1918, Einstein's Nobel Prize win in 1922, the Munich Putsch in 1923, Kristallnacht in 1938 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 all occurred on the same date.
KYBPR TIL Nokia SMS tones actually consist of messages written in morse alphabet which reads: "SMS" and "I connecting people".
x6lYB TIL Betty White was nominated in the 1st Emmy category for female performers in 1950, 1 of the first women to have full creative control of her own TV show, while she was still living at home with her parents, the1st woman to host her own talk show and 1st woman to win an Emmy for game show hosting
PX5Z TIL that when Weird Al Yancovic made his video for the song “Fat,” – a parody of Michael Jackson’s song/video Bad,“ he was allowed to use the same set that Michael had recreated for use in his film"Moonwalker.” Michael let Al use the set free of charge.