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TIL that Generic and brand name drugs are required by U.S. law to be equally effective

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5Gg9 TIL Helium is a non-renewable resource, the US used to stockpile it, and we may run out eventually
M7178 TIL that sea bathing became popular in the 1700s -- women would wear loose gowns and sometimes had lead weights sewn in so that the gown did not float up in order to maintain their modesty
m89M TIL that the A5 Processor for Apple’s iPhone and iPad is actually manufactured by Samsung.
Wka4o TIL In parts of Virginia it's illegal to trick or treat if you are over the age of 13 and is punishable as a misdemeanor unless you are just walking your kid or sibling(s).
MeKaa TIL the phrase "dung-wet" (meaning very wet) was considered "obsolete" by the Oxford English Dictionary in the 1st edition (1897) but the phrase was unexpectedly found on Twitter, having survived to present day by speakers of Carribean English.