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

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QJBAE TIL margins in books are literally meant for taking notes. The practice (in books) started in the renaissance when people who copied the bible would leave space at the edges of their pages to write notes.
VMaDD TIL of Staff Sgt. Monique Munro-Harris, who survived a sting from one of the world's most poisonous creatures and now goes by the call sign "The Scorpion Queen"
Z8kv TIL that Mister Rogers was awarded 40 honorary degrees throughout his career as an entertainer and educator.
lomKr TIL that the creator of Spongebob, the late Stephen Hillenburg, actually has a species of sponge named after him! Clathria hillenburgi lives in mangroves off the coast of Brazil, and was described in 2019, about a year after Hillenburg's passing.
R7Pk4 TIL 19th century Swiss watchmakers used to copy American watches and make 'superfakes' of American brands