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TIL: Perdue Pharma distributed a music CD to physicians titled “Get in the Swing with OxyContin”

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mKkE TIL that Emiratis only make up 13% of their own country’s population. Since it takes 20 years of residency to obtain UAE citizenship, 87% of the population remains expatriates.
GAJ57 TIL Chamorro is the language spoken by the majority of Guam's residents followed by Filipino languages like Kapampangan
Zpbj4 TIL the name of the video game "Doom" (1993) comes from a quote said by Tom Cruise's character in the film "The Color of Money" (1987). The quote in question is "What you got in there? / In here? Doom.".
dDNv9 TIL Irvin Rosenfeld has received medical marijuana from the government since 1982. He smokes 10-12 joints a day for his bone cancer, and receives a shipment of 300 joints every 25 days. The program was set up by the federal government in 1982 for cancer and glaucoma patients but was later disbanded.
Z8PxB TIL that Whitesnake’s monster hit from 1987 “Here I Go Again” is a remake of a 1982 Whitesnake song