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

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AN6lo TIL In 1963 after the Kennedy Assassination, CBS producer Don Hewitt suggested to Dan Rather a plan to steal the Zapruder Film and copy it before returning the film. While Rather agreed to the idea, Hewitt had second thoughts and decided not to go through with the plan.
lopB1 TIL The moon's tidal forces are slowing down Earth's rotation over time. 500 million years ago, days on Earth were 21-22 hours long
5P68 TIL in 1952 due to unsual weather patterns, a large amount of smog from nearby Coal plants collected over London for a series of 4 days, killing an estimated 12,000 people
5YKpk TIL about the Q source, a hypothetical text that, with the gospel of Mark, contain the original material that the gospels of Matthew and Luke elaborated upon. And the Q source theory got traction with the discovery of the complete copy of the gospel of Thomas in 1945.
8eENP TIL that the Pharaonic Period of Ancient Egypt lasted 3 Millennia. The timespan between the 1st Pharaoh of a Unified Egypt, Narmer, & the last Pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra VII was over 3,000 years.