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TIL that "heroin" was a brand name owned by Bayer until the Treaty of Versailles after WWI, when the German pharmaceutical company had to give up its trademarks for reparations.

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JEnv TIL actress Mercedes McCambridge who dubbed the voice of the demon in The Exorcist swallowed raw eggs, chain smoked and drank whiskey to make her voice harsh. She was bound to a chair during recordings and requested no credit for the film.
69WLZ TIL that George Harrison is one of the few artists to have an active single on the Billboard charts at the time he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He also has more solo US #1 hits than any other ex-Beatle.
mxjxR TIL That in WWI Russians used horse drawn machine guns called Tachankas for hit and run style attacks
5VOdB TIL Australia sends all adults over 50 a FREE bowel/colon cancer screening test in the mail
M7mxK TIL that the Technocracy Movement of the 30’s suggested technical experts become national decision makers rather than politicians, and proposed unifying Northern America from Panama to Greenland.