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

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kOQZ7 TIL that during WW2 the British entertained the idea of building an aircraft carrier out of ice and wood pulp in order to fight German U-boats. They scrapped the idea after realizing they could just make airplanes fly farther instead. One admiral was accidentally shot during the development process.
M7ALA TIL about the 1899 Horsey Horseless, a design for an early automobile which contained a wooden horse head and neck attached to the front of the car in an attempt to not frighten horses.
ADywx TIL In a blind tasting test, beer drinkers couldn't tell whether a beer was from a can or a bottle.
MXpa TIL 43% of Canadians would rather have bacon than sex.
oYeW TIL: The world’s largest tunnel-boring machine is stuck underneath Seattle.