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TIL Sleep deprivation has opposite effects in healthy people and those with depression. If you’re healthy and you don’t sleep, you’ll feel in a bad mood. But if you’re depressed, it can prompt an immediate improvement in mood, and in cognitive abilities. This is the basis of Wake Therapy

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7jYL TIL In 1889 a lion escaped from a traveling show in Birmingham and ran into the sewers. When an angry mob formed, Frank Bostock, the owner secretly snuck another lion out the back. He then returned with the lion clearly visible and was hailed a hero. The escaped lion was still in the sewers.
YRaP TIL The Samson Option is a hypothetical plan in place by Israel for a massive nuclear strike against its enemies and allies if the entire nation’s existence is threatened.
xV8x0 TIL December 25 was originally a pagan celebration, Sol Invictus, the “Unconquerable Sun.”
ArGa TIL on November 20, 2004, at the annual Harvard–Yale football game Yale students, costumed as a Harvard “pep squad”, gave out placards to a section of Harvard fans which, when raised together, read “WE SUCK”.
rNGOd TIL that Andorra is officially co-ruled by a Bishop and the Prince of Andorra, a title given to the current President of France. This means the Prince of Andorra is a democratically elected monarch, but elected by the citizens of a foreign country.