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TIL That nitroglycerin, an explosive compound, can be used to treat anal fissures.

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Ov7Y TIL no 1 Modern Warfare 3 champion of the world was billionaire Kim Dotcom and not until his US arrest in NZ for owning Megaupload.com did he fall to no 2
wNQ7 TIL that in 2010, Taco Bell secretly reduced the sodium content of its food at 150 Dallas area restaurants by 23%. Without telling anyone, they replaced the salt with “other spices and other ingredients.” Two months later, they had received exactly zero complaints about the changes.
Pd4J TIL that codeine is broken down in the liver to become morphine and that’s why it’s such an effective painkiller.
VMA8G TIL Cristeta Cromerford has been the Executive Chef of the White House since 2005. She is the first woman and first person of Asian descent to hold the post.
PYd7Z TIL the movie “Catfish” will likely never be profitable due to a lawsuit from a recording company over a song heard in the film central to the plot of him being catfished