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TIL Breastmilk contains endocannabinoids, analogues of those in cannabis, which help the infant to become hungry and eat

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WkLmL TIL that an elderly woman slept through the People’s Temple mass suicide in Jonestown. She woke up the next morning to discover the bodies of over 900 members of the cult.
BrENW TIL that Snoopy's doghouse is always shown from the side so as to never reveal the interior, leaving what's inside to the reader's imagination. There was only one exception: on May 8, 1960, the inside of the doghouse can be seen. It's just an empty doghouse.
R551l TIL The film Dr. No features a replica of the painting 'Portrait of the Duke of Wellington' by Goya in the villian's lair because the original had been stolen the year earlier. The replica was used for film promotion and like the original it was later stolen.
RLw6 TIL that infants have died from a ritual known as metzitzah b'peh (removing the foreskin of the penis and the Rabbi places his mouth briefly over the wound, sucking a small amount of blood out) because the Rabbi had herpes.
P1lEn TIL: That Lightning McQueen's real name is Montgomery McQueen