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TIL Caffeine doesn’t actually give you energy, it blocks the receptors in your brain that make you feel tired.

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NgY8 TIL rich and middle class kids are more likely to have a peanut allergy than those who are poor.
x6bXB TIL that the pimp from the movie Taxi Driver was originally written to be black as it matched what the writer of the movie was seeing in everyday life but he was changed to white as it was thought to have been unpalatable to audiences
e4dn TIL 100 years ago today, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company called militiamen, company guards, and thugs to kill striking miners. They even brought in the “Death Special” which was an armored car with a machine gun mounted on it.
v17JB Today I learned that seasonal depression is officially referred to as “seasonal affective disorder” and is abbreviated as SAD
KOjDa TIL Somali Pirates set up an exchange (like a stock market) where people could buy shares in pirate groups to finance their operations. A 22 year old 'investor' made $75,000 in 38 days after joining the 'company' - after getting a share of ransom money.