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TIL Aspirin and Ibuprofen work by Blocking COX Enzymes, preventing pain messengers from being sent to the brain, but Acetaminophen works by Preventing COX Enzyme Production in the first place.

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JYnL8 TIL when drinking alcohol and getting the spins, there will be the feeling of acceleration in a particular direction. As the alcohol wears off, there will be the feeling of acceleration in the opposite direction as alcohol leaves the vestibular system.
pL08 TIL that Herodotus gives an account of the Agathyrsi, who lived in Transylvania during the fifth century BC. He described them as a luxurious people who held their wives in common, so all men would be brothers.
b9orQ TIL Surplus jet engines were used to de-ice railroads in Russia
VMd0m TIL that the US has less population than Europe, and even the population-rich states are smaller than large European countries
69VXQ TIL The national flag of Nepal is the world's only non-rectangular flag. The flag is a simplified combination of two single pennons (or pennants), known as a double-pennon.