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TIL that human saliva contains a painkiller 6 times stronger than morphine

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Z0rQ TIL that in Texas some convicts are offered decades long prison sentences or forced book club meetings while on parole
VMB9G TIL just after the big bang there was a giant cold spot in the universe which cannot be explained, but may have been caused by our universe colliding with another.
ANOQB TIL: The villains in the first Sherlock Holmes (1887) story were a group of Mormons
Lke59 TIL A place in San Francisco has been making bread with the same starter for 160 years.
0x7A TIL that there are 3,278 people in America serving life without parole for nonviolent offenses