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TIL Hitler frequently used crystal meth

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yVP08 TIL the US and New Zealand are the only 2 countries that allow direct-to-consumer drug advertising, and that 70% of TV-advertised drugs have "low therapeutic value"
16vEX TIL Taco Bell started out as a hot dog stand called Bell's Drive-In in 1948.
8a4vK TIL about the sci-fi novel "Across the Zodiac" by Percy Greg published in 1880, notable for being the first instance of an alien language in an English novel, the first recorded instance of "astronaut", and the progenitor of the "sword-and-planet" genre of science fiction.
groy8 TIL that due to a restaurant offering free sushi to anyone with Chinese characters for salmon in their name, hundreds of Taiwanese changed their names in a situation that was dubbed "salmon chaos". Some are now stuck with names like Salmon Dream or Dancing Salmon.
lkAK TIL that the 3 best selling videogames of all time are Tetris, Minecraft and Wii Sports.