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TIL licensed Mexican pharmacies are selling fake prescription medicine containing fentanyl and meth to tourists.

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1aa7O TIL that the Catholic Church specifically taught that indulgences do not affect whether or not a person goes to heaven. However, greedy "pardoners" lied about this and promised things like eternal salvation in return for money to increase donations. This led to Martin Luther's 95 Theses.
9YNLQ TIL the deadliest animal is Australia is the horse, followed by cows and dogs. Furthermore, on average Snakes only cause about 1-2 deaths per year and there has only been one Spider caused fatality in the last 40 years.
XJRj TIL in 1799 a boy found a 17lb. rock in a creek in North Carolina & used it as a doorstop. It was gold.
XloD TIL that Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball avoided using ethnic jokes, as well as humour based on physical handicaps or mental disabilities during the run of “I Love Lucy” due to a belief in “basic good taste”
XDZX TIL that strongest predictor of the obesity rise in the US is the decline in cigarette smoking (when considering between employment, physical activity at work, food prices, the prevalence of restaurants, cigarette smoking, cigarette prices and taxes, food stamp receipt, and urbanization.)