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TIL that Purdue Pharma made Oxycontin a blockbuster drug by marketing it as resistant to abuse and safe to widely prescribe. After paying hundreds of millions in fines for false marketing, the family that owns 100% of the company is now worth at least $14 billion

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xVd9g TIL that the Navy bean is the considered the official bean of the Nation of Islam, and is said to allow one to live up to 140. All other types of beans are "divinely prohibited"
JYQ64 TIL that if you are a driver in the United Kingdom you are required by the law to stop and report to the police if you run over a dog, a horse, a cattle, a pig, a goat, a sheep, a donkey and a mule, but not if you run over a deer, a cat, a badger or a fox.
OoPkY TIL Canada Post has an annual “Letters To Santa” program where children can mail a letter to Santa and receive a personalized response. The team is equipped with psychologists and social workers to deal with “special letters” and give appropriate responses if they feel the child is in danger.
OorOe TIL Of Operation Cornflakes in WWII, the OSS (predecessor of the CIA) as part of their psychological warfare campaign would drop fake mail in Nazi Germany that included a skull overlay that resembles a portion of Hitler’s jaw having been "eaten away".
dDVyQ TIL The national animal of Scotland, the unicorn, is celebrated on April 9th- National Unicorn Day.