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TIL Cough drops used to be made with morphine and heroin.

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5PDr TIL a woman became paralyzed after her spine was injected with a powerful antiseptic instead of epidural during childbirth.
4XaE5 TIL that actor Ed O'Neill, famous for his role as TV's Al Bundy, was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969. He was cut in training camp.
RlY6 TIL the band Tenacious D sells a “cumrag” as part of their merchandise.
Wbxd TIL A&W tried to capitalize on the success of the Quarter Pounder by introducing a 1/3 pound burger in the 1980s. Despite being larger and outperforming the Quarter Pounder in blind taste tests, the 1/3 pounder failed because consumers didn’t know that 1/3 was bigger than ¼.
p8B7O TIL There is a paralyzed streamer who can play video games (like PUBG) by his mouth. His nickname is RockyNoHand. After an accident, he is paralyzed from the neck down. However, he continues to game and streams on Twitch. He plays by using his mouth to operate a quadstick controller.