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TIL that caffeine, a stimulant, has actually been shown to calm down people with ADHD and help them concentrate.

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VMkPD TIL that 10% of ancient tools uncovered are designed for being left-handed, indicating that in the last 10,000 years the proportion of the population that is left-handed has remained consistent at 10%.
65N8 TIL that the UK government is trying to pass a bill that requires all 18-26 year olds to undergo a year of national service
AxJa TIL that on his deathbed, Voltaire was asked by a priest to renounce the Devil. Voltaire responded: “Now now, my good man. This is no time for making enemies.”
kY6W TIL that the United States is the only high-income country (and one of eight in the world) that does not provide paid maternal leave.
wLYNP TIL after he ‘killed’ Sherlock in The Final Problem (1893), readers got upset and relentlessly pressured Conan Doyle to resurrect the character. In 1901 Doyle released The Hound of the Baskervilles in a bid to pacify, and finally in 1903 he resurrected Holmes in the The Adventure of the Empty House.