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TIL that codeine is broken down in the liver to become morphine and that’s why it’s such an effective painkiller.

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KO8P6 TIL Tiririca, a Brazilian Clown, who used slogans including "What does a federal congressman do? I really don't know – but if you vote for me, I'll tell ya" and "It can't get any worse, vote Tiririca". He became the second-most-voted congressman in Brazil's history, with 1,348,295 votes.
l7jL5 TIL when people are asked to pick a “random number between 1 and 100,” the most common answer is 37
XEPnX TIL After Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská lost her training facility due to the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, she trained for the 1968 Olympics in the forest using potato sacks as weights and logs as beams. She medaled in all six events, four of them Gold.
wpE7 TIL that not only is Manny Pacquiao one of the most successful boxers of all time–winning eight world titles in as many weight classes–he is also a politician, basketball coach, actor, and a retired singer.
OxNe TIL A&W made a 1/3 pound Burger to compete with McDonalds’ ¼ pound Burger. The burger was thicker, cheaper, and preferred in taste tests but was failure because Americans can’t math, thinking the “4” in “¼,” is larger than the “3” in “⅓”.