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TIL the most expensive drug in the world costs $3.5 million

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GNXJ TIL-Astronauts from the Gemini and Apollo missions used a condom like device to extract urine. The sizes were small, medium and large. Instead of these terms, Astronauts preferred to use “extra large, immense, and unbelievable”.
QN7Z9 TIL about the fast food chain "Rax Roast Beef" which at one time operated a peak of 504 locations in the US in the 1980's, but due to continuous changes in its business model and shifting focus away from its core clientele eventually declined to just 8 locations today.
0w8DL TIL when Max Planck began his studies in Munich in 1874, his physics professor told him to not study physics because it was a mostly fully figured out field of science with little prospect of development and only two unsolved problems.These problems ended up being radioactivity and quantum physics.
ne8ZB TIL that Danielle Steel has sold over 600 million copies, outselling such iconic authors such as Stephen King and J.K. Rowling
rN9ew TIL that miniature horses are ADA service animals and are protected under law.