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TIL 9 out of 10 Big Pharma companies spend more on marketing than R&D

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VBkQZ TIL Mordecai Myers was the only member of his family of 15 to survive after their home was swept into the ocean during an 1822 hurricane. He buried each of them himself (including his parents)
gwZD TIL Furcadia is the longest running mmorpg. It has been up since December 16 1996
GADm1 TIL in the small town of Norwood Ontario in 1957, some teenagers opened several fire hydrants simultaneously as a prank and caused the towns can-shaped water tower to be crushed inward like a tin can. It remained in use for 35 years and the town became infamous for its crushed water tower
8epNK TIL The first person clinically diagnosed with Autism is still alive. Donald Grey Triplett who is 89 years old.
1Yl8 TIL that “cob” in “cobweb” is actually an old and forgotten English word for “spiders”