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TIL Merck made a "hit list" of doctors who criticized Vioxx...The list, emailed between Merck employees, contained doctors' names with the labels "neutralise," "neutralised" or "discredit" next to them.

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8a6aV TIL of a giant "WELCOME TO CLEVELAND" sign on a rooftop in the flight path of a Milwaukee airport. It has been causing confusion to passengers since 1978. Creator, Mark Gubin, said: "Living in the world is not a dress rehearsal. You better have fun with it."
lmXa TIL after Czech resistance assassinated brutal Nazi Reinhard Heydrich, the Czech town of Lidice was razed and nearly all of its citizens, pets and livestock were shot. In response to Hitler’s desire to wipe Lidice off the map, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama and Mexico renamed towns to Lidice.
gBry TIL in the 1500s, British sailors would receive rations of rum as partial payment. To ensure the rum wasn’t watered down, they would measure the proof by dousing gunpowder with it, & then test to see if the gunpowder would ignite. The gunpowder would only ignite if the rum was >57% alcohol by volume
Wkjbd TIL many car commercials use a vehicle called the "Mill Blackbird" to film their commercials, and use CGI to make the vehicle look like the car they're advertising.
VBj50 TIL Ohio once misprinted their new license plates showing the Wright Flyer flying backwards. They had to recycle 35000 license plates which were misprinted.