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TIL weed smoking substantially elevates heart rate and risk of heart attack

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YajB TIL In 2006 NASA launched a probe to Pluto, just months before it was demoted to dwarf planet status. It was the fastest spacecraft ever launched and still two years from arrival.
7r5db TIL that many women shave their face. They just call it “dermaplaning”. It’s a razor being used in the exact same fashion a man would use to shave their stubble, it is considered a beauty treatment to slough of skin and peach fuzz.
dN69 TIL that there is a digitally remastered “despecialized” edition of the original Star Wars trilogy devoid of all updates (CGI, added scenes, etc.) brought forth in releases since the theatrical release. It is heralded as the best release of the films.
loJoV TIL Bill Nye’s full name is William Sanford Nye. His mom was a code breaker during WW2. His dad was a contractor building an airstrip on Wake Island in the middle of the Pacific when he was caught by the Japanese and spent four years as a POW.
rNL80 TIL Bride Price (dowry) was paid if a man slept with a virgin woman and for her to be his bride, is still practiced today in Asia, Europe and some parts of Africa.