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TIL That smokers clear caffeine from their system 56% faster than non-smokers.

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MkoB TIL Phil Hartman, you may remember him in such roles as Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz, was set to be the voice actor of Zap Brannigan in Futurama but was murdered by his wife before recording began. They named the lead character, Phillip J. Fry, in his honor.
nWaP TIL that showing people facts that contradict their beliefs actually reinforces those beliefs
DQ7OD TIL An Irish American group invaded Canada in 1866 to try and force the UK to give Ireland independence.
wdK8 TIL a man jumped from a burning plane at 18,000ft without a parachute and survived with a sprained leg. His crew-mates all chanced a crash landing and died.
QNBgd TIL that Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland, while trying to make a shellac substitute in 1907, accidentally invented Bakelite; the first fully synthetic plastic. Used to make everything from buttons and billiard balls, radios and firearms; it launched the modern plastics industry.