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

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b999 TIL-that “astronaut ice cream” that you see at every science museum store only ever went up with Apollo 8 and the crew denied ever eating it.
g9Db TIL although acne affects 79-95% of western adolescents, a study of non-westernized tribes in Papua New Guinea and Paraguay found no cases of acne.
mxwox TIL: A master player of the Chinese strategy game Go has decided to retire, due to the rise of artificial intelligence that "cannot be defeated".
KYm1a TIL: Dolphins sleep with one eye open! . . . This adaptation allows them to monitor their surroundings, avoid predators, and maintain necessary functions like breathing while resting. Half the brain awake and the other half sleeps!
7beZ TIL that despite breast cancer and prostate cancer have similar rates of mortality, breast cancer research receives twice as much government funding and twice as many grants from the American Cancer Society