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TIL that grapefruit juice should not be mixed with some drugs, because it can affect the speed of drug's metabolization, resulting in too big or too little dose.

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wL1M7 TIL Although the cost to buy has come down, the cost to fly remains high. The F-35 costs $44,000 an hour to fly, or $44 million to fly for 1,000 hours, or $352 million over the 8,000 hour lifespan of the jet.
P5Yn TIL: Margaret Anne Cargill was a philanthropist born into one of the wealthiest families in the world. She gave away more than $200M during her life, always anonymously, and provided that after her death all her wealth go to charity. In 2011 her assets were liquidated, resulting in a $6B donation.
9wLbp TIL: Grimace has an Irish uncle named Uncle O’Grimacey.
R7bD6 TIL in the 1880s, many farmers communicated by connecting their phones to barbed wire fences. This process often allowed for up to 20 people to be connected at once, everyone’s phone would ring regardless of who called, and the invention helped many farmers overcome depression and loneliness.
m1p5M TIL a gas cloud in space has been discovered with alcohol, enough to produce 400 trillion pints of beer.