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TIL that Bayer, famous for producing aspirin, purchased prisoners from Auschwitz to test new drugs.

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8ee9L TIL frankincense and myrrh are derived from the hardened resin of desert dwelling plants. The resin gets its aroma from antibacterial chemicals meant to protect the plant from infection.
YnRA TIL South Carolina almost fully legalized and taxed marijuana in 2009.
wLx6 TIL that in Australian pornography, a woman’s labia has to be removed through photoshop because they are thought to be “too obscene”
m1XGp TIL Industrial Biotest Labs (IBT) conducted almost 1/3rd of all safety testing for chemicals and drugs in the US from the 1950s to 70s. It was later was discovered that IBT had been falsifying data amd mislead federal authorities on the safety of many commercial products for approval.
yXn8 TIL that a Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WWII returned 20 years later to present his family’s 400-year-old sword as a symbol of regret.