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TIL that in a study of placebos, 30% of patients who received the placebos instead of chemotherapy experienced hair loss

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yXYw TIL That Marvel has banned comicbook writers from creating new X-Men or Fantastic Four characters, stopped X-Men and FF merchandising, and cancelled the Fantastic Four comic all in order to spite Fox, who owns the movie rights
85jb TIL that Leonardo da Vinci was very strong, and could bend a horseshoe as if it was made of lead
lo9MA TIL about the inhalant drug ‘Lança Perfume’, or ‘Loló’, sold largely in Brazil. Chloroform and/or Ether are main ingredients used in the drug, taken via small bottles or flasks. Popular with upper class students in the mid-late 20th Century, rock singer Rita Lee had a hit 1980 song named after it.
jNpKv TIL Bill Murray did his own version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was called Where the Buffalo Roam in 1980.
OoNyR TIL under California law, you could go to jail for squealing your tires. According to Vehicle Code 23109(c), “exhibition of speed” is a crime.