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TIL formaldehyde is an essential metabolite, naturally found in the human body.

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6Vk7 TIL that the proper response to the phrase “Top of the morning to you” is “And the rest of the day to yourself!”
loxaN TIL The town of Salem, New Jersey once held a trial against tomatoes in 1820 because of the widespread belief they were poisonous. The case ended after Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson ate a basket of tomatoes without ill consequence.
b0oN TIL: In 2008, A Bank Robber Used Craigslist to Hire Decoys to Confuse Police Responding to the Crime
oBgMR TIL procrastination is an emotional problem and the human mind is designed to survive not thrive. It's only when our fear of inaction surpasses our fear of action that our mind stops negative thoughts and gets the task done. Procrastination has nothing to do with the task itself or time management.
JYVjl TIL a major plot device in Romeo and Juliet involves a character being unable to deliver a letter due to being stuck in quarantine