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TIL The “Sugar Rush” is a myth, and the hyperactivity you feel after ingesting sugar is just a placebo

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X9Xj TIL of Gretchen Molannen, who suffered from Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder for 16 years before committing suicide at age 39; when she applied for disability, her application was rejected.
woQJ1 Today I learned that rare steak isn’t bloody.
4X4VJ TIL in 1994, Indian’s relief pitcher Jason Grimsley once crawled through the Comerica Park air duct with a flashlight in his mouth to get into the umpire’s room so he could switch out Albert Belle’s confiscated bat because he knew it was corked.
KOw4a TIL Between 90 and 95 percent of meteors that approach Earth burn up in our atmosphere. The asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere in 2013 over Russia broke 15 miles above the ground and generated a shock wave equivalent to a 500-kiloton explosion
oRy4o TIL that the word "dude" was first used in the late 1800s as a term of mockery for young men who were overly concerned with keeping up with the latest fashions