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TIL people suffering depression tend to literally dream less.

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y0AV TIL that before her death at 35, Harriet Cole, a maid at Drexel’s College of Medicine, willed her body to Dr. Rufus Weaver, and requested it be used to benefit science. Weaver proceeded with the complete dissection and mounting of her nervous system.
nexgr TIL that Colgate toothpaste is the only brand of anything in the whole world that is bought in over half of all households.
1pZV TIL that real guns are allowed at both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, but water guns are banned.
e0Ydg TIL: The USS Wisconsin took a direct hit from N Korean 155mm guns with little damage. The crew then returned fire with all nine of her 16 inch guns totally obliterating anything in the position the hostile shots came from. After the shots were fired, a sister ship signaled them "Temper, Temper"
1akAr TIL The Sbarro Family had great timing, selling their chain restaurant to a private equity firm in 2007, cashing out right before the recession and before the company had to declare bankruptcy... twice.