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

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Ar1B TIL In 1900, a German mathematician outlined a list of 23 unsolved problems in mathematics that he hoped would be solved in the 20th century. As of 2015, only 10 have been answered.
X0kWr TIL the Monastic community of Mount Athos, despite being part of the EU like the rest of Greece hold a special jurisdiction that empowers them to restrict the free movement of people and goods. In particular, only males are allowed to enter, while women and most female animals are banned.
PYnjV TIL that when Charles II escaped from England, he saw some local villagers celebrating his death, mistakenly believing that he had died in another town.
PwOg TIL That until 1994, less than half of America approved of interracial marriage
19O7 TIL that despite elephants massive size compared to humans, they are 5 times less likely to die of cancer due to them having at least 40 copies of TP53, a gene that destroys cancer cells before they become a problem, versus 2 in humans.