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TIL Novartis sued South Africa to prevent it from importing cheaper AIDS drugs

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YpoM7 TIL about the Great Dying, Earth's most severe known extinction event, which happened more than 250 million years ago. During this event, around 81% of all marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species became extinct.
neY7d TIL The tiles on the space shuttle dissipate heat so efficiently that you can pick them up straight out of a 2200 degree oven.
0d8pv TIL - The longest, commercial, non-stop flight is Singapore - NYC (18.5h/9,585 miles)
BrkWb TIL the man who assassinated Robert Kennedy is alive and serving a lifetime prison sentence. He has been denied parole 15 times and continues to claim he has no memory of the murder. He was stabbed multiple times by another inmate in 2019 and survived. He never became an American citizen.
WkwJA TIL of Baggins Syndrome The mix of nostalgic longing for a home that no longer exists the way you remember, combined with the fact that seeing the world changes your perspective of the world.