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TIL Vicodin is six times stronger than codine, which led to the name VI(roman numeral six)-condin

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XE1bj TIL of Valentin Dikul - a soviet circus performer who broke his back in an accident when he was 15 and was told by doctors he’d never walk again. He then designed his own training system, fully recovered and performed amazing feats of strength in the future e.g., back squatted 450kg/990lbs at 60 yo.
yQkBM TIL the steel shipping container is one of the most commonly underrated but significantly revolutionary inventions that has led to the creation of the modern global economy
b94OQ TIL everything we know about research shows that mega-doses of vitamin C are absolutely, positively useless at fighting colds. All that extra orange juice will do nothing to shorten your sniffles.
J1YYl TIL about Captain Tim Lancaster, a pilot who was SUCKED OUT THE FRONT OF THE PLANE, then grabbed and held by an air steward until the plane landed.
rRp0y TIL In 2009 the body of a former swimsuit model wad found in a dumpster and was only identified by the serial numbers of her breast implants.