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TIL that creativity and mental illness are chemical cousins

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kDkB TIL the Hammer of Thor is an approved religious symbol for veteran gravestones in the US and two soldiers have such headstones
yQ5xw TIL that the flavor Blue Raspberry is based on a real fruit, the whitebark Raspberry. Although the fruit’s actual color is a deep purple, the fruit provided a way for candy makers to use blue dye
d04Q TIL, a year ago, Neptune completed it’s first orbit since it was discovered. That’s over 165 years!
xPkB TIL The show Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends has been narrated by Ringo Starr, George Carlin, Alec Baldwin and Pierce Brosnan.