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TIL Eating spicy food can give you a high. The compound Capsaicin, which makes hot peppers hot, causes your brain to release endorphins and dopamine which gives you a similar feeling to a “runner’s high.”
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TIL that the United States avoided the thalidomide tragedy because FDA inspector Frances Kelsey blocked its approval based on lack of safety data despite pressure from her FDA supervisors and the pharmaceutical company. Meanwhile, 10,000 thalidomide babies were born in Europe, Australia, and Japan