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TIL eating asparagus can help prevent hangovers by protecting the liver against the toxic effects of alcohol

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rNLOw TIL of a heavy metal band from Finland called Heavisaurus, which is aimed for children .
QBQ6 TIL the city of Provo, UT invested $40M in iProvo, a broadband network for the city. They never made a profit, and sold in 2013 to Google for $1.
lo7da TIL that the estimated jewish population of Afghanistan is 1, and his name is Zablon Simintov.
MJ1a TIL that the annual electricity cost of running the Large Hadron Collider run about $23.5 million.
VBwGZ TIL that traditional lacquer is made w urushiol sap, aka the rash-causing toxin in poison ivy & poison oak. In fact, "urushi" (as in "urushi-ol") is the Japanese for the Chinese lacquer tree (also toxic) & an English word for lacquerware. They all fall in the genus Toxicodendron, or "poison tree".