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TIL prolonged use of beta 2 agonists in case of bronchial asthma can lead to down regulation of beta receptors.

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awW0J TIL that Disney renamed the film Moana to Oceania in Italy to avoid confusion with the celebrated Porn Star Moana Pozzi
LQveP TIL the world's heaviest free-roaming tortoise is an Aldabra giant tortoise named Esmeralda who weighs 670 pounds (304kg), lives on Bird Island, Seychelles & is thought to be as much as 170 years old. He was named by famous botanist/zoologist Lyall Watson.
Wkmyo TIL A scam artist tricked multiple US government agencies into spending over $20M on fake intelligence software. In 2003 the CIA grounded a US-bound flight after the software detected a credible threat had been made, and the con was discovered when the airline conducted an independent investigation.
xV4lB TIL of the Chinese Dzungar Genocide of 1755-1757. Following a rebellion, the Emperor decided to eradicate the Dzungar. Ca 80% of the population was exterminated in what an historian has called "the eighteenth century genocide par excellence." This event brought the Uygur into today's Xinjiang.
XE54j TIL "Dukes of Hazzard" were destroying '68-'70 Dodge Chargers at such a rate that planes had to be used for aerial search for replacement cars among the populace.