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TIL US taxpayers fund the overwhelming majority of addiction research in the world.

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QJaLX TIL that the contents of your gastrointestinal tract are actually considered to be outside your body until absorbed.
v1A1B TIL There were less than 60 years between the Wright brothers first flight in an airplane and the first human being launched into space (1903 - 1961)
4Xw45 TIL that the majority of the Great Wall of China has broken down or disappeared. Only sections built in the Ming Dynasty (roughly 10% of it) is still in good condition.
E1o4p TIL of Von Steuben, a central figure in forming the US army. His career in Prussia was cut short due to being openly gay, he moved to America and joined the revolution with B.Franklin's aid who knew of but ignored his sexual tastes. He lived with 2 lovers who inherited his estate after his death
4k4eJ TIL that David Blaine has over the course of a decade been buried alive for 7 days, encased in ice for 64 hrs, stood on 100ft high pillar for 35 hrs, survived only on water for 44 days and spent 7 days submerged underwater water