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TIL "flushable" wipes cause major clogs in sewers and should not be flushed down the toilet

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7r5LL TIL that Vin Diesel founded a game studio which has a focus on creating games featuring Vin Diesel
9wNGG TIL there's a protein in our cells called PARP-1 that is constantly repairing damaged DNA our cells. But it can't repair the DNA in neurons (including brains) while we're awake. So it accumulates there until we fall asleep. Research now shows this accumulation of PARP-1 is what makes us sleepy.
dJkB TIL Ashton Kutcher tried Steve Jobs’ fruitarian diet when getting into character for the jOBS movie and ended up in the hospital because it messed up his pancreas levels
VPKZ TIL - There are many examples where the food industry altered federal dietary recommendations (the “food pyramid”) in their own economic self-interest. The industries cashed in but this resulted in an overweight population.
epX6 TIL that Stalin taught his children to be tolerant to religious people: “Their prayers don’t disrupt your studies, so why are you disrupting their prayers?”