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TIL that our pineal gland may be able to create, store, and release DMT after we die. Which could explain why people who are revived tell about a type of out of body experience(bright tunnel, encountering deceased family members/friends).

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b9QbE TIL that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima killed or injured over 90 percent of the doctors and 93 percent of the nurses in the city. On the day of the bombing, only one doctor, Terufumi Sasaki, remained on duty at the Red Cross Hospital.
Ggl1 TIL that on midnight before Easter Sunday, two rival church congregations in Greece perform a “Rocket War” by firing tens of thousands of home-made rockets across town, with the objective of hitting the bell tower of the church of the other side.
4XLWa TIL, the residents of Cheran, Mexico armed themselves and kicked out the ruling cartel as well as every politician and policeman. It now functions as a legal self-governing indigenous community with a crime rate near 0%
874K TIL that venom needs to be injected, as opposed to poison, which need to be ingested.
l7vwB TIL About the creaky voice accent which became more common in the speech of young female speakers of American English in the early 21st century; college-age Americans perceived female creaky voice as "hesitant, nonaggressive, and informal but also educated, urban-oriented, and upwardly mobile."