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TIL that there is a medicine called Propranolol that was found in studies to reduce racial bias in those who take it.

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VBMDZ TIL: The longest frog jump on record is held by Rosie the Ribeter, who averages 7.16' per jump
V0Kp TIL: America is the only English speaking country that pronounces Z as “zee”
loEWA TIL that Ibn Sina or Avicenna is widely considered to be the “Father of modern Medicine”. His book “The Canon of Medicine” published in 1025 became the standard textbook of medicine and remained a medical authority for centuries in the Medieval Europe and the Islamic world
NXLYe TIL near the end of her life, Ada Lovelace had a religious transformation and began to repent the conduct of her life. After confessing something to her husband 3 months before her death, he abandoned her bedside. It is not known what she told him.
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