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TIL that the childhood epidemic of asthma may be caused by the switch to Tylenol in the 1980s

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YpaxB TIL DMX, Jay-Z, and Busta Rhymes attended the same junior high school with Biggie Smalls, at the same time.
wL5wW TIL Prince Harry of Wales served in Afghanistan for ten weeks in 2007-08. Subsequently he was pulled out of the country after an Australian newspaper reported on his presence in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan.
e0vag TIL A man "hacked" the Morton Downey Jr. Show by pretending to be a member of NAMBLA and defending it on the talk show.
LkRnv TIL that Samuel Pepys kissed the 200 year old corpse of Henry V's wife, Queen Katherine of Valois, on the "lips" whilst visiting Westminster Abbey.
0DA TIL that whereas in 1970 18% of the boys aged 16 and 17 reported to have had at least one same-sex sexual experience, the number had dropped to 2% by 1990.