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TIL the USA is the drug overdose capital of the world by per capita population

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RQy1 TIL that William Wrigley, Jr. sold soaps in 1891, offering baking powder as incentive to buyers. The baking powder proved to be more popular, so he started selling it, offering gum as incentive. But the gum proved to be EVEN more popular, so he started selling them. In 1893, Juicy Fruit debuted.
mOry TIL 10 years ago iTunes launched on Windows, Steve Jobs was against this. However this launch paved the way for mass use of iPods > iPhones > iPads and mass migration to macs
NXm08 TIL gold can be very toxic if it's in a biologically active compound. A common use for gold salts is rheumatoid arthritis.
Me8NB TIL The initial 1972 meeting between President Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong was planned for fifteen minutes, but it lasted about an hour. Mao seemed to only want to talk philosophic questions, although Nixon brought up questions like the India-Pakistan crisis, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea
Br4We TIL that someone walking the full 268 miles of the UK's Pennine Way will navigate 287 gates, 249 timber stiles, 183 stone stiles and 204 bridges, and will cross the border between England and Scotland