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TIL Human Saliva contains a painkiller 6 times more potent then morphine

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V0o8 TIL Monopoly game was originally intended to be a teaching tool about the injustices of Capitalism
v1Rk7 TIL that Alex Lifeson, guitarist of Rush, was featured in a documentary when he was 17. It even has a part where he argues with his parents about playing music instead of going to school.
RNl9 TIL The US government backed out of the film “independence day” because producers refused to remove references to the secret Area 51 site.
gQ08 TIL that WWII fighter pilot James Howard won the medal of honor for single handedly taking on 30+ German fighter planes all by himself to protect a group of American bomber planes.
wgG6 TIL the United States has the 4th largest native Spanish-speaking population in the world, and has more native speakers than Spain