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TIL Prince died due to an overdose caused by counterfeit opioid pills containing fentanyl

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Y7pkA TIL tears drain into your nose
Wk5O4 TIL that people who have lost nerve function in their hands have either slight or no wrinkling when they are immersed in water (AKA bathing). I also learned that the outer layer of our skin is made up of dead keratin cells.
PY0YJ TIL that in 14 and a half seconds, the sun provides as much energy to Earth as humanity uses in a day.
LkK5d TIL Scientists are digging up Adélie penguin guano(poop) to study millennia of Antarctica’s history.
VMkNZ TIL Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Boston are the largest US cities with a shrinking population, all of them having peaked in 1950.