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TIL that the same man invented heroin and aspirin.

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xNOb TIL Apple left a known iTunes vulnerability unpatched for 3 years, it was used by governments against dissidents and to snoop on users.
lAmA TIL 80% of American toys are made in China’s Pearl River Delta, employing 3 million people in 8,000 factories
dVrZ TIL marijuana has the potential to both treat and promote psychosis, as its two main components (THC and CBD) act very differently on a normal human brain.
eNgn TIL the oldest person to have ever lived met Vincent Van Gogh and called him “dirty, badly dressed and disagreeable” and “very ugly, ungracious, impolite, sick”
VMwX8 TIL: The actor who played David Wallace on The Office was actually a full time wealth-management adviser at the time, and considered acting on the TV show a hobby - "this is what I do instead of playing golf"