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TIL Adenosine is an organic compound that, when injected, stops the heart for a few seconds and is used to treat heartbeats, that are too fast (140-250bpm), in effect turning it off an on again.

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pJbb TIL the test version of Bob’s Burgers’ pilot featured a son named Daniel. When the character was changed to the awkward daughter Tina in the final version, the character’s original lines were kept–and so was the voice actor.
Bv1e TIL that actor Andre Royo who played drug addict Bubbles on The Wire was given a small package of heroin by a Baltimore resident with the man saying “Man, you need a fix more than I do.”. Royo has called this his “street Oscar”.
9wBRX TIL the Tree of Ténéré was once considered to be the most remote tree in the world. Located in the middle of the Sahara desert in Niger for over 300 years, it was hundreds of kilometres away from the nearest other tree. Somehow, a drunk truck driver managed to hit it and knock it down in 1973.
rRYAd TIL the British Army in WWI had widespread casualties from trench foot, caused by cold wet feet. They solved it by pairing soldiers and making them responsible for the care of the other's feet, inspecting each other and applying whale oil.
vQVB TIL that when the US navy banned alcohol on ships in July 1914, they held one last massive party and invited ships from several nations to help drink the last of the booze. Many of the participants in the party would become enemies weeks later when WWI broke out.