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TIL: The United States consumes 80% of the world’s opioids

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XE516 TIL Peter Cushing - Grand Moff Tarkin of Star Wars fame - was an avid wargamer and played "Little Wars" by H.G. Wells
vPGmL TIL that Rod Temperton wrote Vincent Price’s famous "Thriller" spoken-word sequence while in a taxi cab on his way to the recording studio. Vincent Price then recorded his spoken-word sequence in two takes.
rN71e TIL: The more massive a White Dwarf star gets, the smaller it becomes.
yQZAv TIL about the Great California flood of 1862 - which submerged Sacramento under 10 feet of water and turned California’s Central Valley into a vast inland sea spanning 300 miles long, 20 miles wide and 30 feet deep. It killed thousands, bankrupted the state and historically happens every 200 years.
wQe7 TIL Prince used a picture of Dave Chappelle dressed as Prince for a 2013 album cover