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TIL that in the 1960’s, methamphetamine was available as an OTC drug called “Obetrol” used to fight obesity. It was Andy Warhol’s favorite recreational drug.

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Oo60a TIL Actor Paul Walker dated multiple 16 year old girls openly while he was in his 30s.
QNvkd TIL that while the Selective Service System only requires men between the ages of 18-25 to register for a possible draft, US federal law considers all able-bodied men between the ages of 17-44 as part of the militia, meaning all men in that age range can be conscripted.
awe1N TIL there's a chain in New Zealand called "The Mad Butcher" whose catch phrase is "you just can't beat the Mad Butcher's meat".
9Gxp TIL that Prison inmates are teaching testy dogs civility. There may be no better place for bite-prone animals to receive the constant care they need to break out of their own prisons. The men who train the animals learn responsibility, and acquire a skill they can use outside the prison walls.
mxkDx TIL: One of the worlds rarest cars was discovered abandoned in a parking garage in Atlanta. Also given insight on why they killed the electric car prior to the Tesla rise.