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TIL that caffeine doesn’t actually give you more energy. It only suppresses the body’s ability to detect its own energy levels temporarily.

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XBER TIL that the ratification of the 19th amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, came down to the vote of one 24-year-old Tennessee representative who, at the last minute, decided to vote in favor of the amendment due to a note his mother had written asking him to change his vote
KOaV6 The Pope can not donate his organs as his body belongs to the church.
BbAL TIL of Theophrastus Phillipus Auroleus Bombastus von Hohenheim, a physician from the 15th century who said “All things are poisonous and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not poisonous”. He is regarded as the father of toxicology.
a8EGb TIL the froghopper holds the record for highest recorded jump by an insect at 70 cm (28 in). The rough human equivalent is a 6-ft man jumping 600-ft in a single bound. When a froghopper jumps, it endures a G-force of more than 414 times its own weight, whereas, astronauts endure a G-force of 6 or 7.
6ggl TIL: The producer of the James Bond movies is a woman. She casts Bond, his girls and decides on the stories. Barbara Broccoli is in business for 30 years leading the most successful cinema franchise.