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TIL chronic dehydration can cause respiratory problems.

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KoGw TIL the first UPC ever scanned was a 10 pack Juicy Fruit in 1974.
xmB0 TIL that the parents of the Columbine shooters were sued by some of the victims’ families for 2.5 million dollars and that this cost was covered by their Homeowners Insurance.
aVZZ TIL Dr. Bernice Eddy warned the NIH that the polio vaccines they were about to release contained live polio virus. They ignored her and released the vaccine anyway, and as a result 40,000 children developed polio. The NIH director who dismissed Dr. Eddy then resigned.
890K TIL the longest film ever made (Modern Times Forever, 2011) has a duration of 240 hours or 10 days, and shows centuries of decay, compressed into the span of the film.
wl07 TIL Marvel gave Robert Downey Jr. the 30-foot tall letter “A” last seen hanging on Stark tower in The Avengers as a gift. Downey displays it in prominently at his Venice office.