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TIL that caffeine’s half-life is almost doubled in women taking oral contraceptives.

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YpMMA TIL that James Jamerson, regarded as the greatest electronic bass player ever, recorded Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, while being flat on his back as he was too intoxicated to stand upright. He was the uncredited bassist on most of the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s.
nWrGd TIL of a ritual where Boys must subject themselves to wearing bullet ant-filled gloves 20 times
nWxM7 TIL that in Clifton, Arizona there is an old jail which was dug into the side of a cliff. The guy who built it was the first prisoner after going out and celebrating the opening and getting arrested for shooting his guns in the air at the bar.
d8w88 TIL that the Iberian Ribbed Newt has a special defense mechanism. When in danger, it juts its pointed ribs out so that they pierce its skin, making it appear hard to eat. Once the predator backs off, the skin regenerates.
yQKJ TIL Elvis Presley recorded over 600 songs during his lifetime, but he didn’t write any of them.