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TIL that Tylenol can alleviate mental pain, such as pain from rejection, in addition to alleviating aches and pains that are physical.

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oGKY TIL That penguins can drink salt water because of a special “salt gland” that removes excess salt from their bloodstream.
lek5 TIL the actor who played Mcgruff the crime dog in the 90’s was convicted of possessing 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons including a grenade launcher, and 9,000 rounds of ammo. He was caught by drug dogs in a traffic stop.
XEPy8 TIL that in WWII, Gillette created covert kits for POWs that contained Gillette grooming items, but also other secret supplies like razor-blade compasses, counterfeit German currency, and maps of enemy territory.
AxP7 TIL The Declaration of Causes of Seceding States from 5 states during the civil war used the word slave or a variant over 80 times. It also referred to the north as “non-slave-holding States”.
jN5Gv TIL Recent research has suggested plague first infected humans in Europe and Asia in the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age. Research in 2018 found evidence of Yersinia pestis in an ancient Swedish tomb, which may have been associated with the "Neolithic decline" around 3000 BCE.