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TIL Florida doctors prescribe 10x more oxycontin than all the other states combined.

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LQyRZ TIL H.H. Holmes, a 19th-century serial killer, built the "Murder Castle" in Chicago during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The hotel had soundproof rooms and hidden passages, allowing Holmes to lure and brutally murder unsuspecting guests, primarily young women.
Zp7ao TIL in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Spielberg wanted gestapo agent Toht to be a cyborg with a metal arm that could transform into a flamethrower and machine gun. Lucas rejected these ideas as being too far-fetched.
oBVQK TIL that giraffes sleep using their own butts as pillows
woKGE TIL that Apple operates its own network of doctor's offices around the world, exclusive for Apple employees and their dependents
J1KXQ TIL about “The Asoh Defense”, a term used for taking the blame when you're at fault. It’s named after a Japanese pilot named Kohei Asoh, who crash landed a full passenger jet in the San Francisco Bay in 1968. When asked what happened, he said: “As you Americans say, I f-cked up.”