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TIL Adolf Hitler regularly injected himself with Amphetamine (Speed) along with other “unorthodox medications”.

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b99M7 Scientists have found an underlying reason why it's dangerous to drive when you're sleepy. Brain recordings show cells involved in perception fire more slowly in somebody who has been up all night.
WPEo TIL that in the Star Wars Universe, Ewok Jerky was a popular snack across the Outer Rim.
Brleb TIL America's oldest, unbroken treaty relationship is with Morocco, which was the first nation to recognize the US. The treaty was signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Sultan Muhammad III. It has lasted 232 years and is called the "Treaty of Friendship".
grKy7 TIL that a type of Japanese water beetle can, when eaten by a frog, swim through the frog's digestive tract and escape through its anus
vJxr TIL that Oliver Cromwell was disinterred in 1661 for a “posthumous execution.” His decapitated head was passed around between collectors and museum owners until finally being re-buried in 1960.