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

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b9WPE TIL Greek Folklore says kids born between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6) are considered doomed to become kallikantzaros, a kind of half-human, half-demon vampire - with talons that lives in the underworld and comes back to Earth to tear its family members to pieces during the Christmas holidays.
oRm0Y TIL That during Napoleon's autopsy, the doctor cut off his penis and gave it to his chaplain who brought it home to Corsica where it remained until 1916. Since then it has changed ownership several times and is currently owned by John K Lattimer's daughter who has been offered at least $100k for it.
x6797 TIL Starfish Prime, a 1962 U.S. Nuclear Test in Space, Created a Radiation Belt That Disrupted Satellites and Power Grids
opnA TIL that after Kanye’s interruption of Taylor Swifts acceptance speech, Comedy Central played a South Park episode mocking Kanye’s ego, four times in a row, back to back.
R7VG4 TIL that Christopher Hitchens once agreed to be waterboarded for an article in Vanity Fair. He was given two metal objects, to drop as a non-vocal signal to show that he wanted to stop, and a safe word- “red”. It only took a few seconds for him to throw the objects down and end the experiment.