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TIL there are human trials for a teeth regrowth drug happening and if all goes well it could hit the market in 6 years

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yL8p TIL Motorola’s has developed an “edible password pill” which once digested, is activated by the acid in your stomach emitting an 18 bit signal which is strong enough to communicate and unlock all your devices and is also FDA approved.
yvNJ TIL that the Big Ben is the name of the largest of the five bells which hang within the clock and not the name of the landmark clock.
mxGJy TIL the “S” in Ulysses S. Grant stands for nothing. It was a clerical error made while enrolling in West Point. Fearing he’d be expelled, instead of correcting them he changed his name.
Xlk6 TIL the maladaptive coping strategy of feelign anxious and avoiding the issue causing it is a feedback loop that creates more future anxiety, by giving you relief every time you decide to avoid it.
xw85 TIL that Elon Musk wanted the first three Tesla models to spell S-E-X but settled with “S3X” since Ford owns the trademark to “Model E”. After the Model Y is released, the four models will spell “S3XY”.