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TIL Ten times more people die every year from the side effects of prescription drugs than die from illegal drug use.

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yYd8 TIL there was a Jewish boxer named Salamo Arouch imprisoned at Auschwitz. He was forced to fight fellow prisoners. The losers were sent to the gas chambers or shot. He survived more than 2 years and 200 fights, eventually being released when the camp was liberated.
XPX8 TIL that Louis Armstrong almost wrote a second autobiography only about marijuana.
N79v6 TIL: Danielle Steele, the best-selling author alive, puts out 6-7 bestsellers a year, has 9 kids and sleeps only 4 hours a day
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xVOYk TIL that the PEPFAR program, started by Pres. Bush, is credited with saving the lives of 17 million people living with HIV