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TIL Meth was originally an over the counter drug used to cure obesity and depression

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Yejv TIL research studies have shown that sandwiches actually taste better when other people make them for you.
mxOnM TIL when a family cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would mourn by shaving off their eyebrows and would continue mourning until they grew back.
epZLg TIL the number of active four-star Generals (the highest officer rank of the US army) is limited. This is set at 7 Army generals, 2 Marine generals, 8 Air Force generals, 2 Space Force generals, 6 Navy admirals, and 2 Coast Guard admirals.
8Web TIL: when the spanish landed on the Yucatan Peninsula, they asked “where are we?”, to which the indigenous population responded “Yucatan”, meaning “I don’t understand what he just said”
epxGg TIL cancer cells are immortal by activation of an enzyme called telomerase, which is developmentally switched off in normal cells. Cell immortalization is a step that appears to govern the development of all human cancer.