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TIL - Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.

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4Xk9o TIL that during apartheid, the South African Chemical & Biological weapons program differed in its aims from the programs of many countries in that a major focus of the South African program was to develop non-lethal agents to help suppress internal dissent.
aer9 TIL that during the Drew Carey Show, Craig Ferguson played the character Mr. Wick with an over-the-top posh English accent “to make up for generations of English actors doing crap Scottish accents”.
BgZd TIL Craig Robinson (Darryl of “The Office”) has a master’s in education and taught elementary music education in Chicago before acting.
AxEB TIL that between 1970 and 1980, 2 billionaire brothers attempted to corner the silver market. They owned an estimated 1/3rd of the world supply when in 1980 the silver price collapsed with 80%. The brothers lost over a billion dollars.
OoaN7 TIL The liver is the only human internal organ capable of natural regeneration of lost tissue; as little as 25% of a liver can regenerate into a whole liver.