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TIL reading in the dark doesn’t hurt your eyes

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OoY0R TIL Researchers at King's College London found that the drug Tideglusib stimulates the stem cells contained in the pulp of teeth so that they generate new dentine – the mineralised material under the enamel.
8aMdK TIL that George Washington actually wanted to end slavery, but never did because he feared it would divide the new nation.
j685E TIL That Japan's fertility rate dropped dramatically for a one year in 1966 because of the superstition of "Fire-Horse" — it was thought that any women born during this year would "have a bad personality and will kill their future husband."
ADkQo TIL in the 1920s, a man falsely claiming to be a doctor implanted goat testicles into people across the US as a cure for all diseases. He was condemned by the AMA and media, but ran for governor of Kansas in 1930, narrowly losing after thousands of votes for him were questionably disqualified.
epvaJ TIL the inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.