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TIL back in the 1700s, doctors would literally blow smoke up people’s asses to resuscitate them

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pDZ4 TIL that the United States and New Zealand are the only countries on earth which allow pharmaceutical companies to advertise to the public.
kOY55 TIL The shortest run for a TV series was 11 minutes. In 1969, a sketch show called Turn-On, by the creator of Laugh-In, was deemed so risqué that at the 1st commercial break of the 1st episode, a network announced it would no longer play the show and instead aired organ music over a black screen.
wLld7 TIL About Lisa Nowak, a NASA Astronaut who in 2007 was arrested for the attempted kidnapping, assault and battery of US Air Force Captain Colleen Shipman, the girlfriend of Astronaut William Oefelein, with whom Novak had been romantically involved.
EgYep TIL the Japanese government launched Sake Viva, a contest to encourage young people to drink more and so boost tax revenues.
ADKrx TIL the women who discovered Heath Ledger called Mary Kate Olsen instead of 911 when she discovered the body, and Olsen refused to talk to the cops unless she was granted immunity, despite the cops not accusing her of anything. Her lawyer denied that she had anything to do with the drugs found.