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TIL: nine out of the ten largest Pharmaceutical companies in the world spend more on marketing than R&D

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loebV TIL an African grey parrot named "Nigel," who spoke with a British accent, went missing from his California home. When he was returned 4 yrs later via his microchip to his British-American owner, Nigel was able to speak Spanish & sing bars from the theme of "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly."
8Q4P TIL that in a competition to build the world’s tallest building, the architect of the Chrysler Building secretly built it with a 125 ft long spire inside of it. When his competitor’s building was completed, the spire was pushed up through the building making it taller by 119 ft
e0yk4 TIL in the Spawn comic book, Marvel and DC superheroes are imprisoned in Hell with their creators, making a meta-commentary on corporate vs indie publishers
QNKke TIL that Bayer knowingly sold HIV tainted blood products to 3rd world hemophiliacs because they decided the financial investment of the product was considered too high to destroy
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.