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TIL scientists don't fully know how acetaminophen (aka Tylenol) actually works

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jNR6N TIL that the level of difficulty of a mental task, from working on a complex calculus equation to completing a simple game of Sudoku, barely alters the amount of energy the brain consumes while completing the task.
KOjJ4 TIL there is more than one version of the holy Quran. While the current version was ‘Standardised’ in 1923, earlier manuscripts more recently discovered, show changes.
p8oDZ TIL that according to one 2016 analysis, 69 of the world's 100 largest economies were corporations. Walmart was 10th largest, and Toyota was larger than India.
lw0a TIL Brian May’s dad helped him build his famous guitar, but was upset when Brian abandoned his PhD program to join Queen. Brian went on to write “We Will Rock You”, “Fat Bottomed Girls"—and eventually "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud”, the thesis he finished 36 years later.
ANdxa TIL Puyi, the last Emperor of China, made a rare visit in June 1942 to confer with the graduating class at the Manchukuo Military Academy, awarding the top student "Takagi Masao" with a gold watch. Masao's real name was Park Chung Hee, who would later go on to be military dictator of South Korea.