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TIL that a person’s willpower is directly linked to their glucose levels. So people quitting smoking, when you get a craving just have some jelly beans instead.

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LkdEv TIL "pioneer" was originally a 16th century military rank, meaning people who advanced first into enemy territory to cut down forests, clear trails, make roads and bridges, etc., so the actual troops could march through after. Pioneer has the same French root as pawn or peon, meaning foot soldier.
kAOd TIL Henry Cavill didn’t answer a call from Zack Snyder, who was calling to let him know he got the part for Man of Steel, because he was too busy playing World of Warcraft.
My08 TIL that in the late 1970’s it was completely legal to smoke marijuana in one’s home for personal use in Alaska.
Zpg5v TIL that France maintains possessions of several islands less than 20 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
b9Roj TIL that the taxonomic name for the endangered western lowland gorilla is Gorilla gorilla gorilla