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TIL that The Majority of Millennials Have $1,000 or Less in Savings

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0Jkp TIL when heroin is used medicinally, typically after a heart attack/major surgery for pain, it is called “diamorphine”. The word “heroin” is only used when discussing the drug in its illegal form.
ADjYB TIL studies show people who are falling in love and those who suffer from drug addiction share similar brain chemistry. This reasoning has led to using Oxytocin - "the Love hormone" - as a successful treatment for drug addiction.
PYA7n TIL if ripening cherries are not dried after it rains, they will soak up the water, split, and can't be picked and sold. Helicopters slowly maneuver 5 feet over the trees. The intense rotor wash blasts the water off the cherries! (this is part of the reason cherries are expensive)
V84m TIL A simple laser procedure can turn brown eyes blue
Wwa8 TIL: “Government once even claimed that Hooters discriminates against men because it hires big-breasted female waiters. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission only dropped its complaint after Hooters ran a commercial showing a hairy male server wearing Hooters’ skimpy uniform.”