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TIL US taxpayers funded the development of every drug approved in the decade 2010-2019.

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W74xX TIL that Spanish conquest of the Philippines started from modern-day Mexico. The Spanish soldiers would cross the Pacific ocean to arrive at the islands.
GYBLG TIL a mathematician tried for 7 years to prove that one cannot untie a knot on a 4-sphere. Then one day he decided to try to prove the opposite, and he succeeded in a few hours.
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