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TIL A Canadian Mental Health and Addiction Centre has a success rate of nine in 10 patients getting better from a psychiatric point of view and it only takes patients for whom all previous treatment attempts have failed

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0wYR5 TIL to reduce honking in India, researchers placed flashing red "Sad Face" buttons in cars that beeped every time a driver honked. In these tests, honking was reduced by 61%
nwOb TIL: It has been theorised that the myth of the Cyclops came about when Greeks discovered dwarf elephant skulls and misinterpreted the trunk cavity as a single eye socket.
QK6p TIL 30 percent of Mongolians still live a nomadic lifestyle.
kOJJ5 TIL New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle's 2006 deadly airplane crash hit the apartment of the same woman who was critically injured at the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade after the Cat in The Hat balloon struck a lamppost that wound up hitting her in the head.
1eB7 TIL “Fruit salad trees” can sprout 3 to 7 different fruits…on THE SAME tree.