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TIL the FDA considers lube a medical device. (See introduction)

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N46b TIL That a doctor named Harold Shipman was a doctor in the Uk responsible for 15 deaths officially, but further investigations revealed he may have killed up to 250 people. Shipman was given 15 life sentences.
p8PNA TIL due to rumours that his film "Cannibal Holocaust" showed real deaths, director Ruggero Deodato was accused of murder. The charges were dropped after the four allegedly-dead actors were interviewed for a television show and Deodato explained his special effects in court.
OobZR TIL About The Paris Commune of 1871. The French workers created the first example of workers' power. They showed what a government of, for and run by the workers would look like.
69oD8 TIL the largest single celled organism can grow up to TWO inches
nemLB TIL that the modern day American flag concept was created by a 17 year old for a school project. He received a B- and was told if congress accepted the flag, his grade would be reconsidered. When congress accepted the flag’s concept, the teacher then changed his grade to an A.