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TIL that a common cough suppressant in the UK, Pholcodine, is a Schedule I drug in the USA amongst the likes of heroin.

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EgW9W TIL that Windows on the World, the restaurant at the top of the north tower of the World Trade Center, was the highest grossing restaurant in America in the year 2000.
O47 TIL that the Hubble can identify something only 10-24 km across at a distance of 4.7 billion km. That’s the equivalent of seeing a red blood cell at a distance of 1 km.
mjPM TIL that in the late 80s, a mass moral panic swept across the US where many daycare providers were accused of ritual Satanic sexual abuse, with dozens jailed based solely on children’s testimony, who were coached by psychologists.
4kM5N TIL: The CIA unsuccessfully tried to assassinate the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro over 634 times, including using an exploding cigar
BgQAd TIL that in 1970, fourteen year James Ingraham was forcibly bent over by Florida school staff and paddled 20 times for not leaving a stage on time. His parents sued the school but lost as the Supreme Court upheld the decision and ruled the act constitutional.