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TIL While in Vietnam, 20 percent of US servicemen became addicted to heroin. Only around 7 percent used heroin after returning to the U.S. and only about 1-2 percent had a relapse, even briefly, into addiction

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PYRGg TIL that there is a branch of science known as Paleoacoustics which studies what fossils might have sounded like
rNJE4 TIL that Cuba has a state-run hip-hop label: La Fabri-k
0wWWR TIL of Albert Spaggiari, a French criminal known as the mastermind of the 1976 Société Générale bank heist, which at the time was the worlds greatest bank heist. He was eventually caught but made a dramatic courtroom escape and remained free for the rest of his life
neZMG TIL that it's been illegal to import haggis to the US since 1971 because it contains lung, which is banned due to the risk of contamination by stomach acid or phlegm during slaughter. All US haggis is produced in the country, minus the lung (and traditional stomach bag).
BrdYW TIL Burt Shavitz, co-creator and face of Burt’s Bees, was an accomplished photographer prior to beekeeping and had photographs published in Life and Time Magazines.