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TIL when the makers of OxyContin were sued by Kentucky over the drug, a survey was run to see if a jury would be impartial. Almost 40% of residents knew someone with criminal trouble because of the drug, 33% said they knew someone who overdosed/was seriously hurt, and 29% knew someone who died.

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aZo TIL that the word “oxymoron” is an oxymoron itself. In Greek, it translates to “sharp dull”.
BjeL TIL former President Jimmy Carter renounced his religion as a Southern Baptist in opposition to the way women were treated as inferiors to men.
J1we1 TIL The tomb of St. Nicholas excretes a liquid called manna. For hundreds of years this manna has been collected by the Church. (fixed link)
rN1bW TIL according to a Daoist legend, humans are the descendants of god’s parasites
NXdnE TIL that the infamous Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos changed the borders of Kalinga-Apayao province to make its outline resemble the silhouette of his own head, facing towards his own native province of Ilocos Norte, until he was ousted in 1986 and the separation of the province in 1995.