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TIL the American Association for cancer research conducted a study using capsaicin, the antioxidant that makes peppers spicy. It was determined that cancer tumors were decreased to one-fifth their size, on average.

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wLELP TIL that Along a lonely stretch of highway in Awa-shi, Japan, a rare vending machine sells homemade meals of fresh curry over rice. The vending machine owner, Tadashi Yoshimoto, grows the rice in every meal just down the road on his own farm!
epAAE TIL playing Tetris following a traumatic event prevents the brain from having flashbacks and creating fearful memories
0wJ4j TIL the first ever synthetically produced color pigment, Egyptian blue, was created around 2,200 B.C. In 2006 scientists discovered it glows under fluorescent lights, allowing us to detect it on artifacts where it is no longer visible to the naked eye.
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JZ98 TIL that in 1796, some of the first “attack ads” in US election history were published and included a warning that Thomas Jefferson would emancipate all slaves if elected