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TIL that 50% of the dopamine in your brain is synthesized by bacteria in your gut.

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5NbP TIL The USA has a law that allows citizens to occupy any unclaimed island in the world, as long as there is seabird or bat poop on it
oBnrR TIL an American lieutenant during World War II, realizing his position was being overrun by enemy troops, called in an artillery barrage on himself. When U.S. troops managed a counterattack later that day they found the lieutenant’s body along with those of about a hundred German soldiers.
mxvgE TIL when Norway first discovered oil, Iraqi geologist, Farouk Al-Kasim, warned Norway how private companies can take advantage of a country's oil wealth. As a result of his advice Norway had invested its wealth to create a fund of over US$1 Trillion. He knighted in 2012 by the King of Norway.
grob9 TIL the first woman to ever interview a US president did so by stealing his clothes as he swam naked and refused to give them back until he agreed to the interview
LQg5V TIL That Neil Hope, the actor who played 'Wheels' on the first two Degrassi series, died in 2007 and his death was not discovered by his family and cast mates until almost five years later.