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YQpW TIL US taxpayers fund the overwhelming majority of addiction research in the world.
dD4r9 TIL about TK, a boy who experienced total brain death at age 4 but was kept alive for another 20 years. His body grew as he aged but he never regained awareness. His autopsy showed nothing recognizable as brain.
aw5DZ TIL that the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road is Iquitos, Peru. The city has a population of over 600,000 people and is considered to be Peru's gateway into the Amazon Forest.
VKP0 TIL that doctors before the eleventh century would drink the urine of their patients to determine whether or not they had diabetes. A sugary taste indicated the person was diabetic.
Mbwm TIL that Sybil Ludington, a 16 year old girl, rode more than twice the distance of Paul Revere in order to warn Americans of an imminent British attack.