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TIL three legal drugs in Canada, ephedrine, aspirin, and caffeine, can be taken together to act as an appetite suppressant and thermogenic agent. While this drug combination has been shown to be effective for short-term weight loss, most of its efficacy can be attributed to decreased appetite.

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gMyJW TIL of Huo Tuo, a surgeon who invented general anesthesia in 100-200 AD. After being sentenced to death for refusing to exclusively treat a king, his scrolls were burned when a guard refused to preserve them. Soon after, the king's son died of illness and the king said he wished he never killed Tuo.
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