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TIL about Xylazine/“tranq” (an animal sedative) being mixed in with fentanyl in the US, unbeknownst to many drug users. It’s causing horrible wounds, ulcers and even amputations.

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5YAYD TIL that The New Year’s Eve confetti in NYC is made of people’s hopes and dreams. The Times Square Visitor Centre wall is open year round for people to put Post-Its up with their next-year’s wishes. Those wishes are made into confetti for when the ball drops.
GAGNE TIL that the actor who starred in 'The Great Train Robbery' (1903), retired from the cinema to work as a milkman, after appearing in more than 70 movies. 'The Great Train Robbery' was one of the earliest silent Westerns, and the actor famously shocked audiences by pulling the trigger at the camera.
ne6rW TIL that 2,400-year old ruins where found on the northern coast of Greenland, more than 300 miles north of the current northernmost town in the world.
loKxA TIL firefighters responding to the Chernobyl nuclear accident described their experiences of the radiation as "tasting like metal", and feeling a sensation similar to that of pins and needles all over their faces.
rRoJo TIL Charlie Day was offered a part on the network show "Life on a Stick." At the same time, his friends began filming their own show with no money. Day turned down “Life on a Stick,” which lasted one season, while "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" became one of the longest running comedies ever.