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TIL the sitcom "Married with Children" was originally titled, "Not the Cosbys".

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woPBP TIL that the most expensive medication in the world is Hemgenix. Cost is $3,500,000 for one treatment. It is used to treat hemophilia B, a genetic bleeding disorder.
6QPX TIL that U.S. schoolchildren used to say the Pledge of Allegiance using the “Bellamy salute” (more recognizably the salute used by Hitler and the Nazis). In order to prevent further confusion or controversy, US Congress instituted the hand-over-the-heart gesture.
JYL7B TIL the Mughal Emperors of India kept over 1,000 tamed cheetahs for use in hunting. Because cheetahs do not breed in captivity this caused their extinction in India.
DQNnv TIL By the 1970's the black footed ferret was declared extinct, only for a dog to bring one home to its owners in 1981 in Wyoming, allowing conservationists to find the last remaining popualtion.
8a7w8 TIL Foucault put forward the view that the homosexual category did not exist until the 19th century. Although same sex relations have been practiced throughout history, people who practised homosexuality were not classified as homosexuals, and did not think of themselves in terms of sexuality.