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TIL that cocaine and alcohol have nearly identical rates of addiction

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DQN5g TIL the worlds oldest and still operational company is Kongō Gumi. A Japanese construction company that was founded 1,446 years ago.
691m8 TIL that hand and arm transplants are a thing in lieu of prosthetics
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