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TIL Consuming alchohol nearly doubles the amount of THC your brain absorbs after smoking marijuana

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16xrW TIL during the Islamic golden age the Abbasid Caliphate passed laws mandating hospitals stay open 24 hours a day, forbid hospitals from turning away patients unable to pay and formed charitable foundations called waqfs to support public institutions like hospitals and schools
vMO4 TIL the leading cause of death in Japanese men aged 20-44 is suicide.
9lKX TIL that the first gingerbread man was made for the court of Elizabeth I of England, and fashioned to look like distinguished guests.
EgMrx TIL: A study of autopsy results found the mean age of death for tattooed persons was 39 years, compared with 53 years for non-tattooed persons. The presence of any tattoo was more significant than the content of the tattoo.
78Bwx TIL that prohibition-era laws in Kansas that banned public bars remained in effect until as recently as 1987.