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TIL that acetaminophen (paracetamol) reduces the pain of social rejection

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7gGp TIL Mister Rogers composed nearly all the music on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and he held a degree in music composition.
bR5j TIL Some fans of Star Trek: Voyager remember an episode where Chakotay died and was brought back several episodes later without explanation. When asked about this episode at a convention, Robert Beltran said that his character had never died, and that he had no memory of such an episode.
OG1W7 TIL Takuya Kimura would likely not have been cast as Howl (Ghibli) if his manager Hiromu Kitagawa didn't take the Shinkansen to an earlier-than-planned press conference in 1985, avoiding Japan Airlines flight 123.
eerk TIL in the 1938 World Cup Sweden advanced to the quarterfinals due to an Austrian forfeit. The Austrians were forced to withdraw as their home country had just been invaded by Germany.
o418 TIL smallpox infested blankets were never given to Native Americans by the US Army, or anyone. Some scientist even tried their best to provide the native populations with vaccines