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TIL that caffeine has a half life of 5.7 hours on average. So even if you only drink coffee in the morning, it'll still be in your system when you go to bed.

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6xmJ TIL that Johnson & Johnson knew their baby powder product caused ovarian cancer in some consumers, but sold it anyway. A victim successfully sued for $70 million but J&J still maintained that their baby powder was “perfectly safe”.
7rkbr TIL that in 1913, Freud, Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin and Hitler were all living in the same neighborhood in Vienna, Austro at the same time.
v59K TIL: If you’re an American and you give up your citizenship, you will be subject to U.S. tax on your worldwide income for any of the 10 years following expatriation in which you are in the U.S. for more than 30 days.
gMlJW TIL China's military is a branch of the Chinese Communist Party, not the Chinese government.
7rg0O TIL that in 1989, 2 black toddlers vanished from the same play park in New York in the space of 2 months. Before both child disappeared, they were spotted playing with the same brother & sister.