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TIL the White House press secretary has more DUI charges than White House press conferences

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Aby4 TIL that before white sugar became popular, the industry launched a smear campaign against brown sugar which showed microbes living in the product, in an attempt to control brown sugar production.
XVlj TIL in the first “Hangover” movie Roofies are referred to as “Roufalin” rather than the actual name, Rohypnol, because Rohypnol is a trademarked and the company that owns it would not allow its product name to be used in association with criminal activity.
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W7B9 TIL the East German Secret Police would mess with targets psychologically by sending a vibrator to the targets spouse