In 1888, cough syrup produced in Baltimore contained the following ingredients: alcohol, cannabis, chloroform, and morphine. In less than a decade, Bayer successfully synthesized aspirin and heroin. Heroin, derived from the German word "heroisch" meaning "heroic," was marketed by Bayer as a less addictive cough suppressant than morphine.
If you were to open the 11th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica from 1910 and look up "morphine," you'd find the following passage: "In the cough of phthisis, minute doses of morphine are of service, but in this particular disease, morphine is frequently better replaced by codeine or by heroin, which checks irritable coughs without the narcotism following upon the administration of morphine."
In 1924, the US Congress banned the selling, manufacturing, and importing of heroin due to its high addiction rate. Bayer lost its trademark rights to heroin and aspirin in 1919, following Germany's defeat in World War 1.
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Myspace achieved 1,000,000 users in one month, while Facebook took a year to get there.
At one point, Zuckerberg tried to sell Facebook to them for only $75M & they refused.
At $800M in revenue, and a $12B valuation, Myspace still failed.
Here's why 👇
The most sought-after exec coach in Silicon Valley coached @naval.
Then continued on to coach the CEO’s of Reddit, OpenAI, and Coinbase....even Sequoia Capital.
Here are 5 “MAGIC” questions he has all his leaders ask their teams:
@boo My apologies, you must be a genius, which is why Twitter has the worst ad relevance on Earth.
Almost nobody buys anything on Twitter, but almost everyone on Instagram does.
That is being fixed.
Best fans of the tournament so far? 🤩
The Japan fans stayed behind to clean the stadium after their win against Germany.
Will their team give them something to celebrate today?
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@BBCWalesNews Ebehitale, I’m disgusted and saddened by the abuse you received. I own a sneaker store in Dubai and I’d like to send you a small gift on behalf of me and the rest of the good people in wales who wouldn’t want you to have stuffed like this. Please DM when your ready
@ArabianBusiness This isn’t about free speech! That tweet was a (failed) attempt to embarrass his boss which is a sackable offence. @Twitter is clearly not in a great place right now, shame the employees couldn’t rally round @elonmusk to help fix this rather than moaning about the new boss
GM, I did a thing, and I have to thank @truedrew for the courage to do it. It was a lot of fun to name traits, and honestly, it's very pleasant to see them alive on blockchain 💚🖤
Horde is strong, LFG!
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