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

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EPgV TIL that Justin Timberlake’s Mum is Ryan Gosling’s legal guardian.
JDR1 TIL that jams are made from fruit, while jellies are made from juice. Preserves have chunks of fruit, conserves have dried fruit or nuts, and marmalades have peel and pulp. Fruit butters are slow cooked to a smooth consistency.
Dd8V TIL The US Air Force seeded clouds to extend the monsoon season over the Ho Chi Minh trail in Vietnam between 1967 and 72. This lead to a 1977 international treaty outlawing weather warfare.
pOXp TIL: There was an anti-car jacking device called the “Blaster” in South Africa, the occupant could flip a switch and direct 5 metre plumes of flame upward into the facial area of anyone trying to enter the vehicle through the doors or windows.
9AJp TIL that, besides Antarctica, there is a place on earth that is not claimed by any country