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TIL: Vicodin is six times as potent as codeine, hence the name Vi(Roman numeran for six)-Codin

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OoGyY The third molars—the last of a group of teeth that grinds food into easy-to-swallow chunks—tend to be overcrowded in adult human mouths, and thus require yanking. But every other toothed mammal has room for their “wisdom teeth,” and so did Neanderthals and other early hominids, says evolutionary biologist Leslea Hlusko of the University of California, Berkeley. So why have those teeth become such a pain for us?
aw0aJ TIL that the Joy of Cooking was self-published in 1931. Irma Rombauer spent $3000 to print 3000 copies. Today you would have to be lucky to get just one of those copies for $3000.
X0gBr TIL that there were only 45 days separating the events of 9/11/01 and the passing of the US Patriot Act
a8kNy TIL the iconic cutoff sweatshirt look for 1983's Flashdance was created on accident. Actress Jennifer Beals accidentally left her favorite sweatshirt in the dryer too long and shrunk it. She cut out the neck hole in order to fit her head through and went to a wardrobe fitting. The director loved it.
E1lNo TIL The neon lights above Gordon Ramsey Steakhouse in Las Vegas are actual recorded hand movements of Gordon Ramsey making his signature dish Beef Wellington