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TIL Colchicine, a Drug that’s been used safely since 550 AD to treat Gout, has gone from 10 cents a pill to $5 a pill. The FDA decided to offer a monopoly to anyone that would do safety testing. URL Pharma was granted a monopoly after a 1 week trial involving 185 patients and a $45 million fee.

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b6v5Z TIL that in 1955 A Japanese seaman still fighting since World War 2 was captured in Luzon, The Philippines. He committed suicide shortly after his capture when he learned of Japan's defeat.
9wDvX TIL when Guinness World Records stopped monitoring the record for the longest time to stay awake in 1997, the record holder at the time was Robert McDonald who went 453 hours 40 minutes (18 days 21 hours 40 minutes) without sleeping in 1986.
Lkjod TIL Angelina Jordan, a 14 y.o. singer who won Norway's Got Talent in 2014, always performs barefoot because when aged 6 she met a girl living on the streets without shoes- Angelina gave this girl her shoes and vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them
GARy4 TIL Of the Chinese drywall health issues. Between 2001 and 2009 the United States imported large amounts of drywall from China that would off-gas, slowly releasing chemicals like hydrogen sulfide and corrode pipes. The South-East was especially affected because of rebuilding following hurricanes.
wL14o TIL that every month, since 1983, every member of Congress has received a complimentary copy of Hustler Magazine, a pornographic publication, as a form of protest by the mag.