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TIL that Levamisole, a veterinary deworming agent, now used to treat nephrotic syndrome in children, was once rampant as an adulterant for cocaine. It resulted in increased renal injury, vasculitis and necrosis of skin.

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4brJ TIL that between 1924 and 1925, 5.26% of the US population or 6 million people were members of the KKK.
gWOX TIL in all Japanese schools they run an emergency drill where a police officer dressed as an assailant freely runs around campus and tries to attack students with a realistic-looking plastic knife, while the teachers coordinate a defense to subdue him.
VMQG TIL During the 2002 Iraqi election, Saddam Hussein’s campaign song was Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You.”
QbAa TIL that one in ten people in Iceland will publish a book in lifetime. The island nation has “more writers, more books published and more books read, per head, than anywhere else int he world.”
GADNN TIL a woman aboard a flight from Manchester to Florida suffered a heart attack. The stewardess called for assistance and 15 cardiologists, en route to a cardiology conference, responded to save her.