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TIL that the USA and New Zealand are the only countries that allow to market prescription drugs directly to consumer.

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7DOr TIL that once your GPS unit realizes it is traveling faster than 1200mph (1900kmph) at an altitude higher than 60,000ft (18,000m), it will automatically shut itself down in fear that it is being used in an intercontinental ballistic missile-like application.
Vaxp TIL On APOLLO mission 14, Alan Shepard smuggled in a custom made 6 iron golf club head which attached to a rock collector, and proceeded to hit 2 gold balls on the lunar surface.
gMVx8 TIL That the multi-colored lines associated with non-working TVs are known as a test card. I also learned that the test card for PAL (European, Brazilian, etc.) TVs is a different pattern, featuring multi-colored and many black-and-white lines in a circle.
vPB4D TIL that one of the last songs to play at the World Trade Center before the towers collapsed was a cover of "How Deep is your Love"
J8xj TIL that the ‘Cinnamon Challenge’ can result in a collapsed lung