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TIL that patients who are informed what drug they are going to be trialling, and are then placed on a placebo, can experience adverse reactions as well as positive outcomes. They can also become addicted to placebo medication.

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N7v01 TIL that during the Vietnam War, the West-German goverment send a hospital ship, the "Helgoland", on a humanitarian Mission to Vietnam as a compromise towards the US request for military aid. The "Helgoland" provided free medical treatment for civilians between 1966 and 1971.
j6Xnv TIL Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch on The Addams family, skipped 3 grades. But due to his size he played varsity football and basketball as a freshman in high school, despite being 11-years old.
Lk4B0 TIL that almost 90% of "Indian" restaurants in the UK are actually Bangladeshi
69E1W TIL I learned that orgasms lead to the increase of endocannabinoid, explaining why people get hungry after sex/masturbation. This is the same system that gets triggered when one smokes cannabis and get the munchies.
6EdaX TIL that luxury fashion brands like Burberry burns their unsold merchandise worth million dollars in order to prevent putting a lower price on them