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TIL euphoria can be a symptom of syphilis due to its effects on the nervous system.

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QJpad TIL that wrasse (a kind of cleaning fish) can keep track of over 100 regular clients. They sometimes cheat certain clients, and if those clients get angry and chase them, they offer a complimentary fin massage. They can also outperform chimps on certain mental impermanence tests.
lGjA TIL the “Streisand Effect” is a phenomenon named after Barbra Streisand where attempting to censor or remove information has the unintended consequence of publishing that information more widely
9YDYp TIL: In 1865, an American colony once existed in North Borneo (present-day Sabah, Malaysia)
MGY0 TIL that the Chinese explorer Zhang He died from an arrow in the knee.
GApgJ TIL About Operation Underworld — when the US Government and the Mafia Collaborated to stop Nazis