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TIL Earth's oldest land ecosystem was spotted in South African rock cores

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APbl TIL the placebo effect can work even if the patient is told they’re taking a placebo.
e0yPn TIL that also a vast range of non-human animals (lemurs, goats, deers, monkeys) get high on purpose, mostly by using psychedelic mushrooms and roots.
WkavN TIL that ‘prosthetics’ refers to the science of creating artificial body parts, while the artificial parts themselves are called ‘prostheses’.
wLRx1 TIL That, since 2008, China has built nearly enough high speed rail (23,500mi) to go around the circumference of the earth (24,901mi)
lolEG TIL Edgar Allan Poe died after being found wandering around Baltimore dirty, delirious and wearing somebody else’s clothes. He was never coherent enough to explain how he came to be in such a condition before he died