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TIL that eating grapefruit (and a few of its close relatives) can increase the side effects of certain medications by disrupting a specialized group of proteins in your liver and small intestine called cytochrome P450 (CYPs).

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GYRj TIL that in 2010 the International Council on Security and Development conducted a survey that found that 92% of Afghan men have never heard of 9/11.
gM06b TIL that Napoleon fought more then 70 battles in his career and lost only 8, mostly at the end
MeBRK TIL The first owner og Marlboro cigarettes, died of lung cancer
dA1K TIL Billy Joel pursued a music career when he realized he wasn’t going to graduate high school at the end of his senior year. As he recounted, “If I’m not going to Columbia University, I’m going to Columbia Records, and you don’t need a high school diploma over there.” Columbia ended up signing him.
wQRE TIL that during the Third Crusade 84% of the crusader army went home because the Holy Roman Emperor drowned in a river.