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Deep dive on Nat Eliason - learn about his success, failures, and top advice for entrepreneurs

1 upvotes • Ajmares

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TIL that pharmaceutical companies file bogus patents in order to inflate drug prices and even full on block competitive treatments. This isn’t limited to established drugs, but also includes groundbreaking cancer treatments that will never make it to trial because of these patents.

1 upvotes • Maleficent_Drop_7196

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Nat Eliason – Founder's Lessons

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French Drains were named after a man, NOT the country of France. Like German Chocolate cake was named after a man, and NOT Germany.

1 upvotes • ElvisKnucklehead

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Curso de maquillaje profesional con 60% de descuento!! 😁

1 upvotes • giirlsscore

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TIL the phase "Back to the drawing board" is only 83 years old - it was first used in a 1941 New Yorker cartoon by Peter Arno, which depecticed an airplane designer saying it cheerfully while walking away from the site of a crash.

1 upvotes • Ghosts_of_Bordeaux

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TIL 20 years ago today Dave Mathew’s tour bus dumped 800 pounds of human waste onto a passenger boat traveling down the Chicago river.

1 upvotes • ClimbingTo-Terrapin

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TIL that in the 1970s head transplants were possible

1 upvotes • Alex2Tact

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TIL 20 years ago today, The dave Mathew’s band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of human waste onto an open top passenger boat traveling down the Chicago river.

1 upvotes • ClimbingTo-Terrapin

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TIL a surgeon named Robert Liston performed a surgery that had a 300% mortality rate. He amputated his patient's leg in under 2 and a half minutes who died from gangrene, amputated his assistant's fingers who also died from gangrene, and cut the coat tails of a spectator, who died from shock.

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Deep dive on Nat Eliason - learn about his success, failures, and top advice for entrepreneurs	1	Ajmares
TIL that pharmaceutical companies file bogus patents in order to inflate drug prices and even full on block competitive treatments. This isn’t limited to established drugs, but also includes groundbreaking cancer treatments that will never make it to trial because of these patents.	1	Maleficent_Drop_7196
Nat Eliason – Founder's Lessons	1	Ajmares
French Drains were named after a man, NOT the country of France. Like German Chocolate cake was named after a man, and NOT Germany.	1	ElvisKnucklehead
Curso de maquillaje profesional con 60% de descuento!! 😁	1	giirlsscore
TIL the phase "Back to the drawing board" is only 83 years old - it was first used in a 1941 New Yorker cartoon by Peter Arno, which depecticed an airplane designer saying it cheerfully while walking away from the site of a crash.	1	Ghosts_of_Bordeaux
TIL 20 years ago today Dave Mathew’s tour bus dumped 800 pounds of human waste onto a passenger boat traveling down the Chicago river.	1	ClimbingTo-Terrapin
TIL that in the 1970s head transplants were possible	1	Alex2Tact
TIL 20 years ago today, The dave Mathew’s band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of human waste onto an open top passenger boat traveling down the Chicago river.	1	ClimbingTo-Terrapin
TIL a surgeon named Robert Liston performed a surgery that had a 300% mortality rate. He amputated his patient's leg in under 2 and a half minutes who died from gangrene, amputated his assistant's fingers who also died from gangrene, and cut the coat tails of a spectator, who died from shock.	1	doopityWoop22