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TIL: Doctors are now prescribing books to treat depression

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nemrG Climate change has not been kind to Antarctica. According to a comprehensive new study, global warming has already bled the frigid continent, which is larger than Europe, of about 2.7 trillion tons of ice. This enormous amount of ice has already raised global sea levels by as much as a centimeter.
KOlAE TIL that if you're hungry you're more inclined to be attracted to big boobs versus when you're satiated.
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47Pa TIL that competitive full contact fighting in medieval suits of armor is a thing, and it is brutal.
WkMoY TIL that in 2012, a couple invited Queen Elizabeth II to come to their wedding as a joke, and she turned up.