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TIL a drug was developed in the 1970s that increases long term memory as much as 152%

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jNG6Q TIL that America is the only country that refrigerates eggs in shops
eXRn TIL carrots are used in carrot cake because during the medieval period, sweeteners were scarce and expensive, and carrots contain more sugar than any other vegetable besides the sugar beet.
Wrg8 TIL Costa Rica is the only Latin American country to ban hunting for sport
QNvgL TIL about Operation Meetinghouse, the deadliest bombing raid in history. On March 10, 1945, U.S. bombers dropped incendiary bombs on Tokyo, resulting in the deaths of over 100,000 people and the destruction of 267,171 buildings. This raid was even more destructive than the atomic bombing
PYawe TIL Orville Redenbacher died from drowning in his Jacuzzi.