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TIL phenylephrine is 'useless' as a decongestant

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9YX1Q TIL that for all but a few months from 1794 to 1977, Paris was the only French commune without a mayor. During these times, it was controlled directly by the departmental prefect, and had less autonomy than the smallest village.
nZDb TIL crystal meth was invented in Japan
K4Kw TIL Mark Zuckerberg once advised that tech companies should never hire anyone over 30, stating, “Young people are just smarter.”
kONa7 TIL Giant Panda's have extremely tiny babies, only 1/900th the size of an adult Panda. In the wild, if the mother has twins, she will usually abandon the weaker baby because she can only raise one at a time. In captivity, staff will rotate the babies between the mother and incubator every few hours.
wLpaP TIL Plato won Pankration in the Olympics twice, a form of fighting that only bars gouging and biting. Plato itself is a nickname meaning "Broad shouldered".