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TIL in the first “Hangover” movie Roofies are referred to as “Roufalin” rather than the actual name, Rohypnol, because Rohypnol is a trademarked and the company that owns it would not allow its product name to be used in association with criminal activity.

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8eKxb TIL that in 2013, Walter Gafvert was arrested for possession of child prn, only to download more child prn on his smartphone while being interviewed at the police station.
r76M TIL there’s a line of 70 foot long concrete arrows that bisects the country longitudinally all the way from San Francisco to New York City. They’re from the pre-digital age and were installed by the Federal gov’t in 1924 with 50’ tall towers with rotating gas-powered lights to aid lost pilots.
697xm TIL that Quintus Servilius Caepio was a Roman statesman and general during the Roman Republic. Who after causing the Romans to lose the Battle of Arausio tried to blame Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, before stealing a vast amount of gold and silver from the Roman treasury, known as the "Gold of Tolosa."
PYpRn TIL that a Finnish expression "Nuha lähtee nussimalla" literally means "The flu gets healed by fucking".
a9Mb TIL that men have a line down their scrotum because the labia fuses together when the foetus makes the transition from female to male in the womb