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TIL that the human body produces hydrogen peroxide. It is broken down into water and oxygen by a naturally produced enzyme called catalase. Catalase production tails off as we age leaving the hydrogen peroxide to gray our hair.

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Lk4A9 TIL that an off-brand Olympic Games competition was held in July 1980, called the Liberty Bell Classic, in Philadelphia. It was for the countries that boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
OoQrR TIL a banana tree is not really a tree, but a perennial herb, a distant cousin of ginger. Bananas are technically berries.
WN6o TIL that Virtual reality therapy, where a patient is carefully re-exposed to traumatic events without facing any real danger, is an effective PTSD treatment.
gMvV8 TIL that Waylon Jennings was supposed to be on the plane that killed Buddy Holly, but he gave his seat to J. P. Richardson who was sick at the time. Before they left Holly jokingly said that he hoped the bus broke down, to which Jennings replied, "I hope your ol' plane crashes."
neZJ9 TIL about the ‘Stoned Ape’ theory the idea that ingestion of psychedelic mushrooms was the "evolutionary catalyst" from which language, projective imagination, the arts, religion, philosophy, science, and all of human culture sprang.