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TIL blue light exposure immediately before the evening meal increases hunger

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5VMJp TIL that drugs in the SGLT-2 Inhibitor class(Jardiance/Empagliflozin being the most common), increasingly popular drugs used to treat Diabetes, Kidney Disease, and Heart Failure, were synthesized based on a compound found in apple tree bark.
0DX5 TIL After having slaves build Genghis Khan’s tomb, they were killed, and the soldiers who killed them were also killed in order to conceal the burial site.
Xbxk TIL That NASA is working on a warp drive that could get us to Alpha Centauri in 2 weeks.
neypb TIL Some countries have one-day weekends, Friday only in Djibouti, Iran, Palestine, and Somalia. Saturday only in Nepal. Most other countries have two-day weekends.
5VgDk TIL Thomas Jefferson was so impressed by macaroni and cheese during a visit to Paris that he wrote down the recipe and instructions on pasta extrusion, imported a pasta maker, macaroni, Parmesan, and made it at his home. He served it at a state dinner in 1802.