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TIL a 2012 study in East Germany was unable to find a single person under the age of 28 who believed in God

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NGXN TIL Johnny Depp adopted the one-eyed horse that played Ichabod Crane’s steed, Gunpowder, in Sleepy Hollow to save him from being put down.
wxYE TIL Heroin was made popular in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company. They advertised Heroin as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant.
naDb TIL… In 1977, a 23-year old graduate student stumbled upon a compound with effects similar to heroin. He made a bunch and shared it with his friends to get high, except the batch he made was contaminated with a toxic byproduct that left them all with debilitating Parkinson’s Disease within a week.
oB0aL TIL that Nazis were known for marching extreme distances, this is due to the fact that they were fueled with methamphetamine. More than 200 million methamphetamine pills were distributed to German troops.
OoKN7 TIL Focus puller is a member of a camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain the camera lens's optical focus on whatever subject or action is being filmed.