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TIL that dextromethorphan (aka Robitussin) is a dissociative drug, and works by acting on the brain to raise the threshold at which it thinks it needs to cough.

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neEW7 TIL Vikings transported their ships overland to get past difficult stretches of water. Smaller ships would be carried by hand using poles, while larger ships would be pulled across tree branches. To trade with Turks, they would carry their boats 10km overland to get to the Black Sea.
NXxRE TiL bees like to 'play' with balls. A study shows bumble bees went out of their way to roll wooden balls repeatedly despite no apparent incentive. Younger bees rolled more balls than older bees and male bees rolled them for longer than female bees.
QJmg6 TIL A woman put over a million miles on her Hyundai Elantra and was given a special badge and a brand new car
OGZga TIL a Penn and Teller game went unreleased because the developer went bankrupt by overproducing copies of a Goofy game.
pYvvA TIL Apollo 11 flight controller Bill Moon was the first Asian American to work in NASA's Mission Control. Moon would go on to work on every manned space program before he retired after 37 years