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TIL THC induces cognitive and affective abnormalities in the brain, but co-administration of CBD with THC prevents these abnormalities, counteracting "many of the anxiety and emotional memory processing disturbances caused by THC."

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gMB5X TIL there is a 2001 Volvo stuck on a tiny island in Ottawa, Illinois
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woyxP TIL French sailor Narcisse Pelletier was abandoned in 1858 at the age of 14 on the Cape York Peninsula, in Australia. He was discovered and rescued by an Aboriginal family who adopted him and named him Amglo, for the next 17 years, until he was found by the crew of the John Bell in 1875.
ZpyDG TIL about Tetrachromats - people with a special receptor in their retinas that allow them to see millions of colors that most of us can’t distinguish!