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TIL 5 members of Ernest Hemingway's family committed suicide.

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dDeGE TIL that 22 monuments that would have been flooded by the construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt were physically relocated by an international campaign created by UNESCO. The success of the campaign eventually led to the creation of the system of World Heritage Sites.
BgvXr TIL David Nutt invented “alcosynth” — a synthetic version of alcohol without the negative toxins and hangovers. Nutt hopes alcosynth could replace traditional alcohol by 2050
epPgD TIL YouTube’s subscribe button lights up whenever someone says to “Subscribe” in the video.
45LR TIL 75% of the annual $700 million budget of the FDA is funded by pharmaceutical companies due to the “Prescription drug user fee act”.
6LxY TIL that Segway, Inc. sued Ninebot - a Chinese company - for making knockoff Segways. Ninebot was so rich from selling knockoff Segways that they just bought Segway, Inc.