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TIL that the term "spring fever" originally referred to illness in the spring caused by a lack of fresh foods in the winter.

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vPpL4 TIL the constant mash and tug of starts and finishes is strong enough to detach the retina from drag racers' eyeballs. In the 1970s and 1980s some drag racers were knocked unconscious inside the cockpit by a horsepower-caused recoil dubbed “tire shake”
PJln TIL Bruce Lee used edible Marijuana on a regular basis
9wpnr TIL cheese has morphine-like compound named casomorphin
eBD5 TIL That ever since playing Shaggy Rogers in 2002, Matthew Lillard has been voicing Shaggy in the animated Scooby Doo.
1aZwO TIL The Colorado River, famous for being home to the Hoover Dam, has begun to run dry in most years since 1960, due to poor water management practices and over use.