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TIL Atlantis-believer Graham Hancock gave a TEDx talk in 2013 where he openly claimed to have been “pretty much permanently stoned” for 24 years. He credits his consumption of ayahuasca with helping him get off cannabis.

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RZb9 TIL that motion sickness is a psychological defense mechanism against neurotoxins. Your brain realizes there is a disconnect between what your eyes see and what your inner ear feels and concludes you are poisoned and hallucinating so it induces nausea and vomiting
AGbn TIL the burning sensation felt when applying rubbing alcohol to cuts is caused by nerve cells in the cut that are trying to protect you by responding to heat. The alcohol lowers the amount of heat needed to turn on these cells so much that your own body temperature causes the burning.
m6bM TIL Wealthy Ancient Greeks sometimes sent their slaves to sit on the public toilets (made from slabs of marble) to warm it up “in anticipation of their arrival”
R7Zl7 TIL that plastic bags wind up at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
yVZJM TIL about American diner lingo