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TIL Combining certain antidepressants with alcohol can cause acute kidney failure.

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5Zdn TIL that Scotland was one of the few countries that was able to hold off being conquered by the Romans
d8wmd TIL that health halo is the perception that certain foods are good for you even if there is no scientific evidence to confirm this idea. This is just a misconception fueled by popular beliefs. For example, 'low-fat' is often confused with 'low-calorie'.
6EaY TIL the town of “Fucking, Austria” modified their signs in 2005 to be theft resistant
NXm5b TIL that in 2004, a 16 year old Iranian girl named Atefeh Sahaaleh was hanged for "adultery" after being assaulted multiple times
KaZa TIL that Albuquerque, NM, started paying the homeless to clean up homeless camps around the city. The participants must work hard and on average five to six hours a day. In return they get $9 an hour plus a lunch of sandwiches, chips and granola bars