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TIL Turmeric (found in curry powder) has been surprisingly effective against Alzheimer’s symptoms in multiple studies, and currently out-performs any known Alzheimer’s drug.

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yY9M TIL that humanity’s first flight was shorter than the wing span of a Boeing 747
0dRp1 TIL in 1999, financial analyst Harry Markopolos had informed the SEC that he believed it was legally and mathematically impossible to achieve the gains Bernie Madoff claimed. It took four minutes to conclude that his numbers did not add up, and another minute to suspect they were fraudulent.
NX4E TIL Pop-Tarts are one of the most purchased items before a major storm.
NDd8 TIL that there is an art museum on the moon, and one of the artworks is a penis drawn by Andy Warhol
6EElW TIL the drug called Antabuse is sometimes prescribed to alcoholics to help them abstain. If Antabuse is in your system when you ingest alcohol, it produces an immediate and exceedingly unpleasant physical reaction, including a severe hangover.