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TIL There Is A Psychosomatic Illness That Causes People To Think They Are Pregnant With Dogs

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M7jx0 TIL songs by 009 Sound System, such as "Dreamscape", were widely used in early YouTube videos because YouTube's AudioSwap system, which replaced copyrighted music in videos with CC-licensed music, sorted songs alphabetically by artist, placing songs by 009 Sound System at the top.
KOY6Q “Nitrous oxide — laughing gas — may very quickly improve depression in these patients,” said Nagele. “The gas has very few side effects because it leaves the body very quickly once people stop breathing it. However, it appears from our previous research that the antidepressant effects of nitrous oxide may linger in the brain long after the drug is out of the body.”
yVyZM TIL: Marilyn Monroe was the first cover star of Playboy in 1953
awv1J TIL while "Sweet Potato" and "Yam" are used interchangeably in the west, the two foods actually belong to entirely different plant families. Potatoes grow underground and are thought to have originated in Central/South America while Yams grow on a tropical vine and originated in Africa.
KO7WB TIL one of the cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W., asked for whiskey on his death bed, but was denied and died 36 years sober.