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

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nWLPr TIL that Cleopatra’s ethnicity and her mom’s identity are actually unknown.
loAAK TIL for the 2018 animated film 'The Grinch' the studio originally wanted British actor Benedict Cumberbatch to voice the Grinch using his natural voice, but Benedict felt that, since the rest of the cast is American, the Grinch should have an American accent.
ZpL0Q TiL when Burt Bacharach and Hal David gave their song "Make it Easy on Yourself" to Jerry Butler instead of Dionne Warwick, she angrily responded "Don't make me over!" The two writers wrote a new song around the phrase, and it became the first top 40 hit single for Bacharach, David, AND Warwick.
QJade TIL about the oldest surviving song. 3400 years old, the Hurrian Hymn was discovered in Syria, in a clay tablet with Cuneiform text. It was dedicated to the goddess of the orchards Nikkal.
Eg4Kd TIL Ben Ferencz is the last living prosecutor from the Nuremburg Trials and is 102 years old