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TIL one large dose of CBD has been found to greatly reduce the pleasantness of smoking cigarettes

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d9D7 TIL that many laundry detergents use chemical trickery to make clothes appear whiter. They contain agents called optical brighteners that glow blue under florescent and incandescent light, making clothes appear whiter than they actually are. Incidentally, this trick does not work under LED lights.
16k6r TIL that James Michael Tyler initially got the part of Gunther in Friends because he knew how to work a coffee machine and would look authentic when working in the background.
PYJrg TIL Trees talk with each other using electronical impulses
P1GDL TIL hi and somehow that tiny, harmless, two-letter word sent me spiraling into a full-on rabbit hole of human history, linguistics, awkward social interactions, and the sheer audacity of people deciding sounds mean things. like, “hi” looks so innocent. just vibes. just air passing
ne5wo TIL that the Suminia was a Therapsid, which existed in the late Permian era, that possessed a divergent first digit. Comparable to an opposable thumb, that was utilized as a grasping tool. This is the earliest discovered animal to have such an evolutionary trait.