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TIL it wasn't until the 19th century that a physician to Louis XVIII correlated the chemistry of a toxin with the biological effects it produces in a poisoned individual.

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9wABm TIL gut bacteria and the nervous system communicate with neurotransmitters
rR1Gd TIL A study found that people would rather give themselves electric shocks than sit in the silence of their thoughts
oLj7 TIL that the International Space Station has been connected to the regular terrestrial Internet since January 22, 2010 when the first unassisted tweet was posted
YW9B TIL that after their only son died at the age of 15, Leland Stanford founded Stanford University and told his wife that “the children of California shall be our children.”
GYBGj TIL of the USS New York, a ship in the US Navy forged partially from steel that was salvaged from the World Trade Center after it was destroyed in 9/11. The ship's motto is "Strength forged through sacrifice. Never forget."