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TIL Grapefruit Juice can interact dangerously with a number of medications.

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D1waP TIL: The United States tested nuclear weapons in Micronesia and used their population as live guinea pigs to study the effects of long-term radiation exposure.
Z8n9o TIL The Dutch killed and ate their prime minister in 1672
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