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TIL acetaminophen (aka Tylenol) is clinically effective at treating hurt feelings as well as physical pain.

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8aGja TIL of Israel's Law of Return. It dictates that any Jewish person, no matter their country of origin, what language they speak, or how much money they have, can be granted Israeli citizenship they day they arrive in Israel.
MedB0 TIL Stock trader Jesse Livermore, who made $100 million from short positions during Wall Street Crash of 1929 is actually the great-grandfather of Brandi Love (Tracey Lynn Livermore), a famous American porn actress
aXYL TIL Circus Peanuts are Banana Flavored
mxkjR TIL there is a traffic signal in Syracuse, NY where the green signal is on the top because local Irish youths kept breaking it when the "British" red symbol appeared on top. When they refused to stop breaking it, the State gave in.
ZVdD TIL some species of carpenter ants can explode at will. As a last resort, they contract their abs to rupture their internal glands, resulting in a suicidal burst of corrosive, immobilizing glue.