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TIL a sugar rush is a placebo effect. Sugar doesn’t cause hyperactivity

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D1K5v TIL that natives used to cure leather with animal brains to make it stay soft even after it gets wet.
Lr6Q TIL that when Romania made their ice hockey World Championship debut in 1931, they lost 0-15 to the US. Their captain approached the referee after the game and asked him to write a message on the official game sheet: ”Thank you for playing against us, we have learned a great deal from this game”.
JYLxm TIL The Supremes are the most successful American group on the US Billboard Hot 100 with 12 number-one peaks holding the record since 1970. The closest group after them is Hall & Oates with 6.
7rYOx TIL That Asians are more likely to die from heart failure on the 4th of the month than they are any other day of the month (7.3% death rate above expected), due to increased stress from Tetraphobia (their cultural fear of the number 4). This has been termed the Baskerville effect.
Ypnx TIL that today (13th of September) is Roald Dahl Day. (Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, etc.)