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TIL marijuana has the potential to both treat and promote psychosis, as its two main components (THC and CBD) act very differently on a normal human brain.

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Oorx4 TIL Canada has over 56 percent of the world's coastline. Canada's coastline has an overall length of 202,080 kms (125,567 miles)
D1n7Y TIL that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg both personally called Bill Watterson about a Calvin & Hobbes movie, and he turned them both down.
P1ZL TIL that in 2006, 1/3 of all stocks traded in the USA and EU were traded electronically by specially designed algorithms without any human input. Today, it is estimated that around 70% of stocks traded in the US and EU markets are bought/sold by algorithmic programs, with some markets pushing 80%.
j5bn Til that a pregnant 20 year old women has a 1 in 2000 chance of her baby having Down syndrome, a 45 year old woman 1 in 30, a 49 year old 1 in 10.
J1jKv TIL: Lemons are not a naturally occurring fruit. They were created in SE Asia by crossing a citron with a bitter orange around 4000 years ago. They were spread around the world after found to prevent scurvy. Life didn’t give us lemons.. We made them ourselves.