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TIL Pilots are not allowed to take Viagra within six hours of flight as Viagra can have an effect on color vision and they see the world with a bluish tinge for several hours

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6lOQ TIL The same man, Mel Blanc, voiced the characters of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzales, Wile E. Coyote, the Tasmanian Devil, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, and Woody the Woodpecker.
DOgj TIL some WWII POWs in Japan, would keep their morale up and defy guards by holding in their farts until they were made to bow to a portrait of Emperor Hirohito. At the lowest point of their bow they would let loose.
jplR TIL that an American family tried to live a year without Chinese made goods in which they found it almost impossible. They wrote a book on it.
LkVZ0 TIL that heroin was originally discovered and synthesized in an attempt to make a less addictive version of morphine. It was sold commercially for almost 20 years.
4XJMR TIL 'Catastrophizing'. A cognitive distortion that prompts people to jump to the worst possible conclusion after a minor setback. When a situation is upsetting but safe, they still feel like they are in the midst of a huge crisis. Getting enough sleep can also help keep 'catastrophizing' in check.