@til Today I learned that Ritalin (Methylphenidate) was named after the inventor’s wife Marguerite “Rita” Panizzon, because it improved her tennis game (article in German). archive.li/VGcQD#selection-635#til

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago

And here I was thinking it was named after the girl from Mambo #5.

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