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TIL half of recommendations on TV “Dr. shows” like Dr.Oz have either no evidence or are contradicted by evidence.

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NOwe TIL NASA has a detailed set of written procedures for dealing with a suicidal or psychotic astronaut in space. The astronaut’s crewmates should bind his wrists and ankles with duct tape, tie him down with a bungee cord and inject him with tranquilizers if necessary.
e0pvb TIL the human eye is capable of seeing some ultra-violet light but it is filtered out by the lenses in our eye. Painter Claude Monet had that lens removed due to cataracts and may have been able to see ultra-violet in his right eye.
O0n6 TIL British Members of Parliament are not allowed to resign, so they have to be appointed to a fictitious job “Steward of Northstead” which disqualifies them from being an MP
VMjmB TIL that when the tunic-wearing Romans first encountered Celts wearing trousers, they found them to be effeminate.
JYjmj TIL the number of adult smokers peaked in the US at 42% in the 1960s. Today, only 14% of American adults smoke