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TIL: the dealer who gave Janis Joplin the unusually pure batch of heroin that killed her was the same one who provided Jim Morrison with the batch that ended his life a year later

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awDD0 TIL A study found ripple effect between couples: when one makes an effort to lose weight, the chances are, the other will shed pounds too.
oBraL TIL about the huge environmental impact of cut bunches of flowers due to the fact that most are grown in South America using pesticides banned in the West, trucked to and from airports, and flown around the world representing an enormous carbon footprint.
4o0X TIL when we lose weight, we’re doing so by exhaling carbon atoms that used to be stored in fat cells.
8eQVP TIL that pronghorn is the only animal that has branching horns and sheds them annually.
nWwWW TIL that during WWII, the U.S. military developed bat bombs to burn Japanese cities by attaching tiny incendiary devices to bats. During a trial run, the bats escaped and accidentally burned down a U.S. Army airfield.