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TIL Oreos activate more neurons in the brain’s pleasure centre than cocaine.

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R7V46 TIL The Japanese repair broken pottery with gold lacquer to highlight imperfections. The process is called Kintsugi. The art of Kintsugi teaches that broken objects are not something to hide but to display with pride.
Y7Drv TIL some plants like kiwifruit, wild taro, pineapples have microscopic sharp crystalline needles called raphides.
5VMkP TIL That Rick Moranis hasn't started in a live action film in over 27 years
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VMjn8 TIL that the first American newspaper, Publick Occurrences, was published September 25, 1690