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TIL that the Belgian physician who first synthesized Fentanyl came 2nd in a 2005 Greatest Belgians poll

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6pK8 TIL That Brian Wilson did a cover of the Barenaked Ladies song ‘Brian Wilson’.
pYype TIL That platypus have no nipples. Their milk oozes out of mammary gland ducts and collects in grooves on their skin--where the nursing babies lap it up or suck it from tufts of fur.
ne11W TIL that Buzz Aldrin was the first man to urinate on the moon.
MekxA TIL that the type of Nike sneakers worn by members of the Heaven's Gate cult in their 1997 mass suicide are highly sought after by sneaker collectors
9mmD TIL that on November 22, 1963, just hours after JFK’s assassination, comedian Lenny Bruce performed a scheduled nightclub gig. Bruce walked up on stage and stood in silence for a few moments. Then, referring to the famed JFK impersonator, he stated in a sad voice “Boy, is Vaughn Meader fucked.”