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TIL: Nitrous oxide has been used as a recreational drug since the late 1700s, when laughing gas parties were held. This use led to the discovery of anaesthesia.

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a8A1y TIL When you look into a Hadza mouth there's 20 back teeth while the rest of us tend to have 16 erupted and working. Hadza also typically have a tip-to-tip bite between the upper and lower front teeth, the edges of their lowers align to form a flawless arch. The size of Hadza teeth match perfectly.
kJvV4 TIL that Makoto Shinkai, director of the anime films Your Name, Weathering with You, and Suzume no Tojimari , had an asteroid named after him in 2018.
v1WA8 TIL the world record for eating three 72-oz steaks is held by a 120lb woman who ate them in 20 minutes
PYGRZ TIL Budapest, Hungary declares lomtalanítás or "get-rid-of-junk" days where residents pile mountains of trash in the streets. Scavengers, scrappers, and collectors sift through the piles before sanitation workers clean it all up.
JbY4 TIL black pepper is actually a fruit