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TIL the United States and New Zealand are the only countries that allow direct-to-consumer advertisement of pharmaceuticals

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w4Y6 TIL Ferrero uses a quarter of the worlds hazelnuts making Nutella.
Rbjw TIL Anderson cooper is the great-great-great-grandson of 19th century railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt
nWvwB TIL that some Mormyridae (also called [african] freshwater elephant fish] have the highest brain-to-body ratio of any vertebrates. Specifically Gnathonemus petersii have a much higher one than humans. They also use complex electrical ("radio") signals to communicate with each other.
8eGa4 TIL in October 2004, it was reported that the Horniman Museum in London was failing to receive some of its email because filters mistakenly treated its name as a version of the words "horny man".
WwNB TIL that Ritalin and other ADHD drugs work by providing stimulation to the brain - rather than suppressing it.