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TIL there used to be a weight loss product called Ayds. It was discontinued after AIDS became well-known in the 1980s.

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RXy6 TIL that China’s army holds annual training exercises against a ‘Blue Force’ equipped to resemble a NATO adversary like the United States. The Blue Force nearly always wins; in 2014, only one visiting brigade was able to defeat it at the cost of 50% casualties.
0dWxv TIL on 1971, the WLBT TV station in Mississippi had its license revoked for biaised coverage of the Civil Rights movement, cutting pro-Civil Rights materiel because of "Cable Trouble from New York" while allowing reporters to use racial slurs and carrying the "Citizens’ Council Forum"
m1d5O TIL about Art Ackerman, who at age of 98, is currently the oldest person in the world with a weekly radio show. The show fatures mostly old big band music and broadcasts on KDNK in Carbondale, Colorado.
XBPr TIL there is a phenomenon called VIP syndrome, where physicians deviate from standard care to accommodate VIPs, sometimes with disastrous results
L1Jm TIL that an Australia bushranger escaped from prison so many times the government had to build a special cell to hold him. It was so strong they promised to forgive his crimes if he could escape again.