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TIL People produce endocannabinoids – similar to compounds found in marijuana – that are critical to many bodily functions such as learning and memory, emotional processing, sleep, temperature control, pain control, inflammatory and immune responses, and eating.

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7rLpO TIL if you decide to eat Play-Doh and are on a vegan diet, you would still be fine.
78ZZZ TIL in South Vietnam during the Buddhist crisis, a hugely oversized carp was found in a small pond. It was believed to be a reincarnation of one of Buddha's disciples, and the Catholic government ordered it mined and machine gunned, which it survived. This catapulted the fish's fame to new heights
awnbZ TIL of Wendigo psychosis - a folklore ailment where a person develops an insatiable hunger for human flesh
E1Apw TIL that US and British colonization of remote islands was driven by demand for bird poop used as fertilizer and in manufacture of gun powder.
E1QVP TIL that the Czech Republic celebrates Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (17 Nov.) to honor two student protests against Nazis (1939) and Soviets (1989)