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TIL of caffeine-induced anxiety disorder where caffeine usage surpassing 200 mg has been shown to increase the likelihood for anxiety and panic attacks.

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VBwkp TIL when Hokule'a, a double-hulled canoe, launched from Maui for Tahiti in 1975, it was the first time in approximately 800 years that a team of sailors used Polynesian wayfinding to navigate this route. A crowd of over 10,000 people gathered on the shores of Tahiti to welcome the team home.
aJWJ TIL: Dionysus, the son of Zeus, was: born of a virgin on the 25th December in a manger; performed miracles including turning water into wine; was referred to as the “saviour” and “king of kings”; and was killed and rose from the dead after three days to ascend to heaven; 1,000 years before Christ.
XDkQ TIL that the braille bible carried by Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli would have to be over a meter thick, assuming it was only the new testament.
KNea TIL that the show ‘Firefly’ has been permanently added to the International Space Station as a form of entertainment for the station’s crews.
ANG8a TIL that the Northern cardinal can biologically suppress the West Nile virus upon infection.