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TIL: Tylenol +NSAID (aka Ibuprofen) more "efficacious" then opioids for pain

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d8KEr TIL that the Pompeii masturbating man, was not in fact popping one off. In an anti climactic fashion, his position is likely due to instant rigor mortis due to the extreme heat from the eruption.
JJ7l TIL a group of developers spent 8 years recreating Streets Of Rage. The game had over 100 levels, 19 playable characters, and 76 remixed songs. Sega shut it down a week after it was released.
R7po9 TIL researchers have measured a 40% drop in college students' empathy since 1979 with a the biggest drops happening since the 2000's
wV6W TIL that the first cardiologist to perform an open heart surgery was African-American, Daniel Hale Williams, and performed the surgery in 1893 on James Cornish, who was also African American.
0wgmy TIL in 1848, the first bridge built over Niagara Falls was started with a kite competition. A boy flew a kite across to the river to the opposite bank. The line he used carried larger and larger cables across the river used to start construction of the bridge