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TIL Loneliness can weaken the immune system

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lr77 TIL that Judge Douglas Ginsburg was nominated for the Supreme Court in 1988. He had to withdraw his nomination because it was revealed that he smoked pot when he was in college 18 years earlier.
0wKe1 TIL that David Bowie's performance of Heroes at Berlin in 1987 is considered by some as one of the major incidents that eventually lead to the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
j6dda TIL there are 15 places named Wood End in the UK, with 3 being located in the same county
jpPX TIL The fertilizer used by the Tobacco Industry is radioactive. The plant absorbs it and the smoker inhales it. It gets lodged in the lungs and over time contributes a huge radiation dose to the smoker and could be factor in lung cancer.
oRZPK TIL the alchemists of Alexandria developed various medicines and elixirs with drinkable gold, which they believed restored and rejuvenated the body. It is believed that Cleopatra had body treatments with gold every night, such as having baths with gold and using a face mask of pure gold.