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TIL that thanks to a substance called "Snus", the rate of daily smokers in Sweden has been reduced to 5%

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8DwL TIL that a Johns Hopkins professor procured 34 gallons of whiskey during prohibition for his research. He observed that subjects got better at throwing darts as they got drunker.
b94Vp TIL Crystals in our ears regulate balance
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