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TIL each side of a beach towel serves a different purpose

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GYNv1 TIL in 1993 David Letterman cut Bill Hicks final Late Show standup appearance for being too controversial, 4 months before he died. To make amends in 2009 David invited Bill's mother Mary as a guest & broadcast the full routine. David remarked "It says more about me as a guy than it says about Bill"
Y8VB TIL Novartis sued South Africa to prevent it from importing cheaper AIDS drugs
Eg6jV TIL that while following 2001 anthrax attacks suspect Steven Hatfill, the FBI accidentally ran over his foot. When the police responded, they gave Hatfill a fine for "walking to create a hazard."
rGQx TIL The Winner of the Nobel Prize for discovering the wave-like nature of the electron is the son of the Winner for Nobel Prize for discovering the particle-like nature of the electron
16g7V TIL that Copenhagen's only ski hill, CopenHill, was built on top of one of the world's cleanest waste incineration plants