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TIL that asthma inhalers containing ozone damaging CFCs were banned in 2008 in spite of their small environmental impact. Drug companies have greatly benefited from the ban because they can change more for HFA inhalers that are still patented. The drug has not changed, only the delivery mechanism.

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M417 TIL a student sent John Lennon a letter stating his teacher was conducting a class analyzing the Beatles’ songs. This act inspired the song “I Am The Walrus,” as the whole purpose of the song, according to John, was to confuse, befuddle, and mess with the Beatles experts.
W7vp4 TIL that when Indonesia’s Mount Tambora erupted, humanity was swept into a period of global erratic temperatures that gave way to the name “The Year without Summer.” This also inspired Mary Shelley to write “Frankenstein.”
YpLOd TIL the reason why the film industry is based in California because filmmakers were trying to get away from Thomas Edison, who owned all film production patents based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Edison was known to have sued any film-based company in the East Coast operating out of his control.
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