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TIL Micro & Nanoplastics Breach Blood–Brain Barrier in Mice 2 Hours After Ingestion

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K509 TIL the state of Maine debated legislation that would outlaw the use of tomatoes in chowder, thereby prohibiting the Manhattan Chowder.
Bg6jd TIL in an effort to produce a non-addictive version of morphine, Charles Romley Alder Wright was the first person to create heroin in 1874.
0w4pL TIL Nazis held a rally at Madison Square Garden in 1939. It was attended by TWENTY THOUSAND people!
epND TIL When adjusted to inflation, John D. Rockefeller is the richest man in the history of the world, with a net worth 10 times more than Bill Gates’.
4MBJ TIL The Finnish military once repulsed a massive invasion by the Soviet Union, with a million men and thousands of tanks. The Finnish had just a few dozen tanks and only 114 airplanes, but destroyed more than 3,500 of the Russian tanks, and caused 323,000 total casualties to the Russian force.