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TIL that Sleep Deprivation May Cause Brain To Eat Itself. New research shows that allowing our bodies to suffer from sleep deprivation ultimately damages our brains since it triggers an overdrive in cell activity, causing self-cannibalism

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8AxK TIL there is a drug that can cure opiate addiction in 24 hours with no withdraw symptoms.
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