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TIL the first chiropractor was a Canadian who claimed he received a message from a ghost

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wByJ TIL of the “second brain” in humans located in the gastrointestinal tract and called the enteric nervous system. More than 90% of the body’s serotonin lies in the gut, as well as about 50% of the body’s dopamine.
gNJ4 TIL that many people who saw the movie Wall Street were inspired to join the business world and model themselves after Gordon Gekko. This was the complete opposite takeaway that the film’s writers had intended
X0LBR TIL that the Marvel character / Spiderman Villian "The Spot" was named Johnny Ohnn, as a reference to the American slang "Johnny-on-the-spot"
vNJL TIL that liquid oxygen, once absorbed into organic materials like wood, can cause them to detonate when struck with mechanical force.
B9JW TIL of the Forty Elephants, or Forty Thieves; an all-female shoplifting ring that operated in London from the 1870s to the 1950s.