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TIL that burning fat through food deprivation or just general metabolism causes THC to go back into blood stream for smokers of marijuana.

N7MYJ TIL Typhoid Mary refused to cooperate with investigators, even refusing an offer of royalties on a book about the outbreak. She was arrested in 1908, claiming ignorance about hand washing. After release she went back into work as a cook, against orders, starting another outbreak that killed 2.
mrXp TIL 37 years after dropping out of college, Steven Spielberg decided to finish his Bachelor of Arts degree at Long Beach University. He turned in his Oscar-winnning Schindler’s List as his student film assignment.
6Dnw TIL Starting in 1945, more than 8,000 Dutch people have adopted the grave of an American WWII soldier buried at Margraten, Netherlands. They visit regularly with flowers and graves are passed to the next generation. There is a waiting list to adopt a grave.
Br5VL TIL that Hydrilla was introduced to America in the 1950's from someone who discarded a used aquarium containing the plant into waters near Tampa Bay, FL. It is now one of the most invasive marine plant species in the Western hemisphere and notoriously difficult to eradicate much less manage.
d8oMB TIL that the famous biblical saying "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle..." is a translation error passed down for centuries: the choice of "camel" was a Greek misspelling and kamêlos (camel) was written in place of kamilos, meaning "rope" or "cable".