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TIL That a study on drinking alcohol found that the amount of shrinkage in the hippocampus — the brain area associated with memory and reasoning — was related to the amount people drank. Those who had four or more drinks a day had almost six times the risk of hippocampal shrinkage as did nondrinkers

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ADQ5l TIL that in 1916, a silent comedy film was made about "Coke Ennyday" a detective with a fondness for cocaine made as a parody of Sherlock Holmes. He wears a bandolier carrying syringes filled with the drug and frequently injects himself with massive amounts of cocaine to solve crimes.
80JK TIL that in Canada, there are currently NO shelters for male victims of violence or sexual abuse and that Earl Silverman, the previous owner and manager of the country’s only male shelter, committed suicide when he was forced to sell his house and shelter due to lack of funding.
rNpLe TIL that Disney commissioned Salvador Dali to create an animated work that captured the essence of Surrealism. The production of Destino began in 1945, but was shelved due to financial concerns. The project was restarted by Disney's nephew in 1999, more than 50 years after it was first conceived.
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xVD5D TIL that during the Golden Dragon massacre in 1977, Chinatown gangsters murdered five diners in a botched assassination attempt. After hiding out until morning, the perpetrators bought noodles from the very same restaurant.