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TIL Justin Chancellor of Tool worked on an album with Death Grips

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KOY6Q “Nitrous oxide — laughing gas — may very quickly improve depression in these patients,” said Nagele. “The gas has very few side effects because it leaves the body very quickly once people stop breathing it. However, it appears from our previous research that the antidepressant effects of nitrous oxide may linger in the brain long after the drug is out of the body.”
eppBD TIL that the adult Luna moth has no mouth and will die of starvation. With only 1 week to live as an adult, it’s entire purpose is to procreate in that short time.
Yppyr TIL in 2009 Airmen Colton Read went in for gallbladder surgery and woke up with both legs amputated. Military doctors punctured his aorta and waited 8.5 hours to get him proper medical care. Read isn't legally allowed to sue for damages.
Yp5YA TIL U.S. President Ronald Reagan is responsible for the drinking age being set at 21 years in 1984, prior to which many states had a lower drinking age at 18 or 20 only.
VMG88 TIL Bob Seger's famous hit song "Against the Wind" was inspired by Bob's days as a high school cross country runner. He described it as "about trying to move ahead, keeping your sanity and integrity at the same time." It later appeared in Forrest Gump when Forrest was running across the country.