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TIL that the idea that caffeine makes you dehydrated is largely a myth

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xVP91 TIL a Harvard study showed how intermittent fasting may increase lifespan by manipulating mitochondrial networks in the body.
n6Zb TIL Canada sterilized indigenous school girls till the mid 1990s
b95oE TIL that for decades universities and automobile manufacturers have used human cadavers to get realistic crash test results.
wLKN1 TIL Roald Dahl, author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach", was also British spy known for gaining intelligence through sex.
8jJX TIL of Louis Slotin, Manhattan Project physicist who died horribly after his screwdriver slipped and accidentally caused a runaway nuclear reaction.