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TIL that Nietzsche did not drink alcohol, writing that it suppresses the will to change our lives for the better

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M7xgb TIL the derogatory meaning of 'snake oil salesman' originated to describe people who sold counterfeit snake oil when actual snake oil was widely accepted to be a legitimate medicine.
vPN0j Today I learned that if you use nasal sprays for more than three days, you experience a rebound affect, which is something somewhat like an addiction, in that you are no longer able to breathe normally without it
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