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TIL that Kris Kristofferson was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but experienced a complete reversal of symptoms when he was treated for Lyme Disease.

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6Dv7 TIL that the Russian version of ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ had to scrap the 'ask the audience’ lifeline as the audience would intentionally give the wrong answer.
BrpxK TIL of the "Tree of Life" in Bahrain: an isolated 400-year-old mesquite tree in the middle of the desert sustaining itself from an unknown water source
P1EwZ TIL the mite A. grandis rides on the chins of ants, tapping the ant with its long forelegs inducing the ant to regurgitate food for the mite to eat (up to 5x/hr). The mite also steals food being passed to the host by other ants
mx65O TIL the brains of long-term drug users "forget" how to produce dopamine naturally because the drugs have been producing it instead. In some cases, natural production never goes back to normal, even after long-term sobriety.
4KEo TIL that a group of Indian Jews called the Bene Israel were sent back to India from Israel for not qualifying as Jews. They were not recognized as Jewish until 1964.