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TIL the idea caffeinated coffee & tea dehydrate you is misunderstood. It's true that caffeine can be a weak diuretic - (stimulates urination) - but the loss is negated by the water in the drink itself. You're ingesting more fluids than urinating when drinking a cup of caffeinated coffee or tea.

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7rkGX TIL that stress or abuse in childhood can rewrite your DNA causing reactions in adulthood that are out of line with reality. Further, the DNA changes can be passed on to children through a pregnant mother who is experiencing stress.
YdBW TIL since wi-fi is nearly nonexistent in Cuba, people use the “Offline Internet”, passing hard disk drives around from person to person
mxPyM TIL # is called an octothorp
eLRE TIL: Fiji’s first Olympic medal was gold. They earned it in the 2016 Olympics in Rugby Sevens.
R5xR1 TIL there are over 60 countries that have never won a single Summer Olympic medal. There are further 40 countries that have never won a single Gold medal.