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TIL - MPTP is a neuro toxic drug that completely destroys your dopamine receptors. Essentially giving you Parkinsons disease after one use.

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0d1O5 TIL that in Mexico, the term "Cinco de Mayo" isn't commonly used. Instead, Mexicans call it "La Batalla de Puebla," commemorating the 1862 battle against French forces. While the U.S. has large celebrations, it's a relatively minor holiday in Mexico, mostly observed in the state of Puebla.
5YXV9 TIL: A Japanese man named Chiune Sugihara saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust by giving them visas.
RWDl TIL Kuman Thong (golden young boy), is a dry roasted still-born baby covered in gold leaf and worshipped as an amulet in ancient Thailand. It is illegal now, but sometimes people still make them.
J1gJl TIL the concept of romantic-sexual kissing was not practiced in the Americas prior to European contact. Anthropologists theorize a link between social complexity and romantic-sexual kissing, and many modern hunter-gatherer societies still do not practice romantic-sexual kissing between partners.
xVeK0 TIL that there are 7000 languages, and your cognitive language can vastly affect your skills as a human. For instance, some African languages use the direction they are heading (NSEW) as “hello” and literally have no word for left or right. These people stay oriented exponentially better than others