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

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rRQMo TIL that when practicing for the D-Day landings in "Exercise Tiger" at least 749 Americans were killed by friendly fire and a "wolf pack" of 6 German E-boats who stumbled on the LST ships in the dark. D-Day was nearly called off because 10 officers who knew the exact plans went missing.
jNrva TIL That Spongebob Squarepants was originally going to be called Spongeboy and the show was originally going to be called Spongeboy Ahoy, but they had to change his name after it turned out that Spongeboy was the copyrighted name of a mop.
46Zg TIL eight glasses of water a day is a myth, water intake is best determined by thirst, and caffeinated drinks can still hydrate you.
kO8o5 TIL that there are currently about 48000 different Christian denominations, and every year that number grows by around 1000
m4LO TIL that ice cubes found at the Chinese KFC chain were 12 times dirtier than toilet water-and 19 times the national bacteria level standard