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TIL That a 6 year study of the D.A.R.E. program showed that a “small but significant number” of suburban students were more likely to use drugs after participating in it than those who didn’t.

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X0vD6 TIL a teen got hyperacusis after an airhorn was blasted near her ear. Her type of hyperacusis makes her so sensitive to sound that it hurts and caused her to drop out of school because the voices of teachers were too painful. She also needs special noise cancelling headphones at the mall.
QNNPL TIL about Witzelsucht, a neurological condition that makes you tell jokes and make puns in inappropriate situations and renders you incapable of reading sarcasm.
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grxBA TIL drinking less caffeine inevitably makes you more awake, because caffeine blocks the receptors in the brain that encourage you to sleep (adenosine receptors)