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TIL that more than 90% of the legal marijuana products offered in medical dispensaries are much stronger than what clinical studies have shown that doctors recommend for chronic pain relief

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WkMko TIL Charles Darwin & his wife were first cousins. They had 10 kids, 7 making it to adulthood. Worried that his marriage had something to do with the deaths, he began to experiment with plants. He learned that with any kind of breeding, it's better to cross-breed than to keep relatives together.
aeN0 TIL that just a single pound of spider web could form a single strand long enough to stretch around the equator
PDoJ TIL: In 1971 the Prince of Laos was caught at a french airport with 123 pounds of pure heroin that he planned on shipping to New York
1aabX As you pour yourself your second, third, or fourteenth cup of coffee this morning, you might be asking yourself, is this bad? Is this too much? How much is too much, really, and how bad is that? Will I permanently deplete my adrenaline? Can the jitters lead to a stroke? Can I... die? We consult the experts for answers.
QG1X TIL of the Silphium plant. Used by the ancient Romans to induce abortions it was over-harvested to extinction in the 2nd or 3rd century BCE.