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TIL marijuana lessens side effects from treating hepatitis C and increases treatment effectiveness.

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PY0Qn TIL of William James Beal. In 1879, he started one of the longest running experiments in botany, testing the seed viability of 21 plant species over long periods of time. The experiment is scheduled to finish in 2100, when the last bottle of seeds will be tested.
XE5Rk TIL that bees dance to each other in the hive to tell each other where to find good pollen. The angle of the dance is the angle relative to the sun, the tempo of dance is the distance, the duration of dance is the quality of the pollen, and the dancer hands out free samples to whoever’s watching!
EZwx TIL the head of Henry IV was found in an attic in 2010.
0dRwy TIL The last time Los Angeles hosted the Super Bowl, OJ Simpson conducted the pre-game coin toss (1993, Super Bowl XXVII).
JrW8 TIL If you ate at a new restaurant every day, it would take 44 years to try every restaurant in New York City.