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TIL that after the Bayer pharmaceutical company found new ways to make diacetylmorphine, they marketed it under the trademarked name 'Heroin' and sold over-the-counter as a less addictive version of morphine.

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xVWa7 TIL about the only instrumental song to have been banned by radio stations in the United States: "Rumble" by Link Wray & His Ray Men.
Y7jjW TIL that dogs are capable of expressing laughter, and the sound of this laughter can serve to alleviate anxiety in dog shelters.
8Gga TIL that in 1927 several million people in the United States sent over 100,000 petitions urging Congress to adopt the metric system.
mxvQP TIL the creators of the original Scooby-Doo show never meant for Shaggy to be perceived as a stoner. They were annoyed by the marijuana references in the live-action movie.
DEmv TIL that Davy Crockett was a Tennessee Congressman and upon losing reelection he said in his concession speech “Since you have elected a man with a timber toe to succeed me, you may all go to Hell and I will go to Texas.”