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TIL nicotine hits your brain in less than 10 seconds, giving a quick dopamine rush that feels calming, but actually increases anxiety over time.

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grlP7 TIL that because of being descendants of Alexander Pushkin, who himself was a descendant of Abram Petrovich Gannibal, several members of British aristocracy would have African ancestry.
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