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TIL that ephedrine, one of the main ingredients in methamphetamine, is made from ephedra, a plant which has been used in traditional medicine for over 2,000 years.

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QyKp TIL that the female brown trout fakes its orgasms in order to trick males into believing they successfully fertilised her eggs.
YEY7 TIL that once the British 1881 census was compiled, officials noted an alarming rise in the number of individuals being reported as “deaf and dumb”. After enquiries were made, it transpired that many enumerators had recorded babies as being deaf and dumb simply because they could not speak.
QJdLM TIL one of the causes of American War of Independence was the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which prohibited non-Native settlement west of the Appalachians
b6oE7 TIL that due to Iceland's location on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between the North American and Eurasian Tectonic plates, the country it is technically part of both North America and Europe, and is the only place where you can walk between them.
MeVoV TIL in 1996, a bill called the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act was passed to protect food vendors from liability for giving unused food to the needy instead of throwing it away for liability reasons.