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TIL that District of Columbia (Washington, DC) is a member of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

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R5LQ9 TIL caffeine has a ~6hr half-life. So 200mg at 7am today will leave you w/12.5mg same time tomorrow. Repeat everyday and you’ll slowly increase the caffeine already in your system when you wake up.
e6ln TIL that American Rapper, 50 cent, made most of his fortune not from rapping but from an investment/stake in Vitamin Water before its sale from Glaceau to Coca-Cola making 10 times more money than he had ever made rapping
yP8v TIL of the Brabham formula 1 fan car. Fans were used to suck air out from under the car. Air-tight ‘hover-car like’ skirts allowed the fans to develop negative pressure beneath the chassis. This effectively allowed the car to 'stick to the road’. It won its only race before being banned.
GYPk7 TIL Canadian researchers watched 40 episodes of 'The Dr. Oz Show' and found that nearly 40% of the medical advice is not evidence-based, and 15% goes directly against evidence.
e0VrD TIL British people tend to be “bi-measurement” the same way some people are bilingual. Both imperial and metric units factor into their lives.