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TIL that treating a cut with hydrogen peroxide doesn’t have much antiseptic effect, probably increases healing time, and can cause inflammation of surrounding tissues.

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MeZ1m TIL there's an Upgrayedded post-credit scene in Idiocracy
GMQ1 TIL magic mushrooms may give users trippy experiences by creating a hyperconnected brain. The active ingredient in the psychedelic drug, psilocybin, seems to completely disrupt the normal communication networks in the brain, by connecting “brain regions that don’t normally talk together.”
p8rgp TIL VitaminWater Is Not Healthy For You and Coca-Cola, who owns Vitaminwater, was sued by a non-profit public interest group on the grounds that the company’s vitaminwater products make unwarranted health claims.
J481 TIL a Nigerian man survived 3 days in an upside down tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. He was eventually found by body recovery divers.
Jdmv TIL a 17 year-old online serial scammer was killed when one of his victims mailed him a pipe bomb.