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TIL That taking NSAIDs before smoking marijuana can negate the memory-loss associated with pot but retain all the medical benefits of THC

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KOxv4 TIL Early European modern humans had dark skin, as genes for light skin did not evolve until 30000 years ago, and white skin did not become prevalent in Europe until the Bronze Age.
Kye9 TIL of the Gibbons twins. Both were published writers of genius intelligence that spoke to no one except each other in their own language. They were committed to an asylum after a crimespree where they made a pact that one should die so the other could live.
6EK7m TIL that apples are very effective at keeping you awake in the morning or when sleepy.
e0lvD TIL on a 1995 visit to Washington D.C., Russian President Boris Yeltsin was found on Pennsylvania Avenue, drunk, in his underwear and trying to hail a cab in order to find pizza.
gMRg7 TIL that if farmers don't properly dry the hay they're baling, the hay bales can spontaneously combust