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TIL Scientists showed that lisdexamphetamine maybe a good treatment for cocaine addiction by giving a bunch of coked up monkeys amphetamines

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Bene TIL Robert Moses, the extremely powerful New York City urban planner, hated the idea of poor people lowering the tone at the seaside, so he built low bridges over his parkways to ensure that only cars, not buses, could make the trip.
e6dn TIL the South Korean government demands that big-box retailers, like Tesco and Costco, be closed two Sundays a month in an effort to support small businesses and mom-and-pop vendors.
78OEb TIL okapis are giraffe’s only living relatives
mx6Gx TIL that Hatshepsut dressed as a king, even wearing a false beard as a way of asserting her authority.
nepJo TIL pineapples in the 1700s were worth over $8000 in present-day currency. People would literally rent them to flex at parties.