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TIL that China operates only on one time zone

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p8yL4 TIL the US banned the publication of a large global study done by the World Health Organization in 1995 on cocaine use. Excerpts from the report conflicted with accepted views such as "occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems"
jW4p TIL that the Day of the Dead was not celebrated with a parade in Mexico city till Mexican tourism officials were inspired by the opening scene of the James Bond film, Spectre.
9YDaG TIL monkeys show signs of both risk aversion and loss aversion, and can be taught to use currency - in experiments with statistically identical outcomes, monkeys performed like humans in preferring to avoid risky transactions, and by putting more weight on losses than on gains
rNNj0 TIL caffeine makes the pituitary gland tell the SNS to release epinephrine in the body which tricks the body into thinking it’s in a state of emergency.
ebLb TIL that in order for stores in China to stock/sell tampons they have to import them, as Chinese companies made 85 billion sanitary pads last year, but not one tampon.