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TIL that “runners high” is caused by endocannabinoids and not endorphins like we’ve always been told.

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N74m6 TIL C&P: Thomas Jefferson used a razor to cut passages from the New Testament and literally pasted them together into what is now known as the Jefferson Bible, currently on display at the Smithsonian. He felt the focus should be on Jesus’ life and moral teachings, not inexplicable miracles
Oon7g TIl Ted Nugent once adopted a teenager to become his lover since she was too young to become his wife
Dp6Y TIL that despite receiving near-universal acclaim, the film Iron Giant bombed at box office, failing to make back even half of its budget
668X TIL During Chernobyl’s meltdown, 3 volunteers dove into a radioactive pool to open a pipe. They died but prevented an explosion 10X bigger than Hiroshima.
kPNm TIL that the Nazis planned on preserving the Jewish quarter of Prague in order to establish an “exotic museum of an extinct race”