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TIL Gatorade + Beer was sold as Hop’n Gator, in the 70’s.
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TIL there’s a drug that treats the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis, but remains unavailable to many due to it’s $300,000/year/patient price tag, making it one of the most expensive drugs in the world
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TIL that Wan Hu, a 16th-century Chinese official, is said to have attempted to launch himself into outer space in a chair to which 47 rockets were attached. The rockets exploded, and it is said that neither he nor the chair were ever seen again.
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TIL that HG Wells was basically a huge nerd. He invented a tabletop wargame, like Warhammer, and once complained that a game was ruined by the "chattering of lady visitors."
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TIL researchers are trying to get 2 gorillas who can use sign language to mate in the hope they’ll teach their offspring sign language too.
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TIL that the United Nations is located in international territory sold to the UN for $8.5m by John D. Rockefeller.