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

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ZpmaY TIL: 'The Voice' actor in Field of Dreams (who says "If you build it, he will come") has never been revealed
EVOo TIL that Hershey’s chocolate is flavored with sour-tasting butyric acid, which also gives vomit its aroma. This is why people unaccustomed to American chocolate sometimes compare it to vomit.
LWyp TIL: Man dodged a 20 year prison sentence after “underage” porn star testified on his behalf
KYY6B TIL In Switzerland, until 2010, all capable males were required to keep a Sig SG 550 and a Sig Sauer p229 at home or at the local armory, to provide for the national defense.
grM0b TIL about the Battle of Dupplin Moor, where an English army defeated a Scottish army at least 10 times larger. Many of the Scots were compressed into a valley and suffocated, unable to fight or move.