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2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) is a potent weight loss drug that raises body temperature to burn more calories. It burns fat at an extremely fast rate of 0.5 to 1 pound a day. It was used by Russian soldiers in World War 2 to very effectively survive extreme cold. It was prescribed to 100,000 people in the 1930s in the US and then discontinued after two people used 10x the recommended dose and cooked themselves to death.

1980, Detroit gave Saddam Hussein a key to the city out of recognition of donations he made to local churches.

In 1996, the Argentine branch of Coca Cola announced they would give away free tickets to a Ramones concert in exchange for ten bottle caps. Massively underestimating the band’s appeal in Argentina, Coca-Cola didn’t have enough tickets available, resulting in riots and looting.

An inventor trying to make a sock to prevent trench foot first produced modern water balloons. Having made a latex-coated sock and filling it with water to test for leaks, he found a rip and angrily threw it on his table. Pleased with the splash, he decided to market water balloons for children.

In 1984, the New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon got drunk and decided to spontaneously call a general election, which he lost.

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