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TIL the word Bastard originated to describe a man who was successful regardless of heritage

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yVlLl TIL That the real act of cleaning your teeth is achieved with the toothbrush, not the toothpaste.
6KlQ TIL that our pineal gland may be able to create, store, and release DMT after we die. Which could explain why people who are revived tell about a type of out of body experience(bright tunnel, encountering deceased family members/friends).
jNByn TIL that the people of Ringaskiddy, Ireland have claimed for decades that fumes from a nearby Pfizer factory producing Viagra causes a "Pfizer riser" in both men and dogs. The pharmaceutical has said that this is nothing more than an "amusing" local myth.
v1VgK TIL eating the liver of a polar animal (especially polar bears) will kill you due to a vitamine A overdose.
5VLpr TIL that Saturn's moon Titan is the only known object in the universe aside from Earth to have stable bodies of liquid. There are lakes, seas, and rivers of hydrocarbons across the surface. Its thick atmosphere has been compared to the hypothesized atmosphere of early Earth.