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TIL that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is still used today to treat severe depression.

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Brpgb TIL Humans are the only primates with white in their eyes, which makes it easier to follow another human's gaze
D1g1e TIL: In the 1990s, the South African government dismantled all of its nuclear weapons, the first nation in the world which voluntarily gave up all nuclear arms it had developed itself.
b6yeZ TIL that cellophane is not made from plastic but is produced from plants - using regenerated cellulose derived from organic materials including wood, cotton and hemp.
5Yk18 TIL some monkeys, like the Japanese Macaque, have the necessary vocal anatomy to produce humanlike speech, only inhibited by the fact that their brain lacks the capability to control the muscles responsible for speech.
xRB7 TIL after the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 13% of the US people were in favor of “killing off” all Japanese people. And after Japan surrendered, 22.7% of Americans wished more atomic bombs had been dropped.