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TIL 99% of the world’s Hydrocodone supply is consumed by the U.S.

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8aGWK TIL that a study performed by the University of Texas has concluded that when surgeons listen to their preferred music, their stitches are better and faster
Z8VWG TIL places like Wales, Wallachia, Wallonia, and Cornwall etc, have similar names because it was the word German conquerors called the surviving Roman speakers after the empire fell. The twem "walhaz" means stranger, which the surviving Roman refugees were to them.
QJAE9 TIL that the Cuban-American Treaty of Relations (1903) states that the US is allowed to use the land surrounding Guantanamo Bay for coaling or naval stations only. The detention camp is seen as a violation of the treaty.
jNm8X TIL of the Hatfield-McCoy family feud, one of the most famous in America. Both families were Confederates, but one of the McCoys fought for the Union. While returning home from the war, he was murdered by a Confederate militia with the prime suspect being a Hatfield.
Lkg4r TIL that almost every alphabetic writing system in the world is a descendant of the Phoenician language.