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TIL During Bruce Lee’s second autopsy, his doctor tried to attribute his cause of death to Cannabis

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b6lX4 TIL CTE can only be diagnosed after death through brain tissue analysis. Doctors with a specialty in brain diseases slice brain tissue and use special chemicals to make the abnormal tau protein visible. (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy)
ne6vW TIL Pakistan started a Billion Tree Tsunami project 2 years ago, to plant 1 billion trees all over the country within 5 years. Today, they witnessed 70% increase in honey production.
6EbeX TIL there are supercool materials that send heat back into space
PXMV TIL that in the 1950’s, CIA members feared being unknowingly dosed by LSD as it had become “something of an occupational hazard.”
PYn5w TIL that beneath the city of Tokyo lies an ingenious water diversion system to minimize flooding in the city during typhoons. This world’s largest water channeling infrastructure can divert 200 tons of storm water per second into the Edo River.