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TIL a study on heartbreak found that people struggling to move on reported thinking about their ex-partners for 85% of their waking hours, a level of obsessive fixation that researchers say parallels the cravings of drug addiction.

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b9lNE TIL that Russia has “closed cities”, cities that have restrictions on visitors and are sometimes omitted from maps.
RZRQ TIL When John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan, all of his shots initially missed the President; however, a bullet ricocheted off the bullet-proof Presidential vehicle and struck Reagan. Thus, a car made to protect the President from bullets instead directed gunfire to the president.
M77d0 TIL that a former Danish fossil fuel company (DONG, now Ørsted) switched to 85 % renewable energy generation in just 8 years. Their investments in wind technology (several tens of billions of euros) are largely responsible for advancements in wind power and why it is so cheap today.
wL4e7 TIL it is possible to use electroejaculation to retrieve viable sperm from men up to 36 hours after death
jN6yM TIL that a common cough suppressant in the UK, Pholcodine, is a Schedule I drug in the USA amongst the likes of heroin.