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TIL there’s a drug named Orexin-A which effectively eliminates sleep deprivation and has no negative side-effects. It also ups your arousal.

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ApBa TIL-Evidence mounts that sea cucumber extracts can kill cancer cells while stimulating the immune system.Previous research on sea cucumber has demonstrated its ability to kill lung, breast, prostate, skin, colon, pancreatic, and liver cancer cells.
N8W8 TIL that John R. Fox deliberately called for artillery fire on his own position, after his position was overrun, in order to defeat a German attack in the vicinity of Sommocolonia, northern Italy during World War II.
4X1aa TIL Llamas can be used as guards against coyote attacks on sheep herds. Studies have proven that just one guard llama is an effective protector and can even kill the attacking coyotes.
RAYa TIL a museum in Pittsburg discovered a real human head used on one of their mannequins for an exhibit
8Bd8 TIL engineers that worked on the Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” aircraft couldn’t come up with a proper fuel sealing system that could handle the thermal expansion of the airframe at extreme temperatures, so the aircraft would leak jet fuel on the runway.