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TIL The ‘nocebo effect’ in IBS: Why gluten might not be the real problem

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p8B6A TIL that our weeks have 7 days because the ancient Babylonians had one day for each known celestial body: the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn
D1X9J TIL about a house made from the tombstones of 2,200 soldiers
xV0g1 TIL Three-quarters of U.S. teens and adults are deficient in vitamin D, the so-called "sunshine vitamin" whose deficits are increasingly blamed for everything from cancer and heart disease to diabetes, according to new research.
4Grb TIL David Bowie could barely perform his broadway show in NY, The Elephant Man, the day after John Lennon was shot because there were three empty seats in the front row. Two belonged to John and Yoko. The third was Mark David Chapman’s, Lennon’s killer. Bowie was suppose to be next on his list.
rZ84 TIL that there is a medical tool that measures the volume of testicles.