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Today I learned a radioactive cocaine analogue is used to test for Parkinson’s disease

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N9DP TIL that the dog who played Wishbone on the 1990s children’s show of the same name was named Soccer and was a veteran television commercial actor before appearing on the series. He lived from 1988 to 2001 and is buried on the Plano, Texas ranch where Wishbone was filmed.
xDe0 TIL Amazon often knows what you will buy before you do, they have a patent for sending your package to your closest warehouse before you buy.
RvB9 TIL: A gay couple who were front and center in media supporting same-sex adoption later adopted a baby boy for the sole purpose of molesting him and did so for six years.
dwJ9 TIL that the blood of eels is more poisonous than some snake venom, but cooking or digesting the blood renders it harmless.
p8onO TIL: In 1867, Russia sold Alaska to the United States for about 2 cents per acre