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TIL: Doctors are now prescribing books to treat depression

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KR1R TIL Out of millions of living creatures on planet Earth, humans are only 1 of 3 that have the benefit of laughter; other other 2 are chimpanzees and rats.
5V1wQ TIL that William Adams, known as Miura Anjin in Japanese and the first Englishman to reach Japan, served as a key advisor in Shogunate during his stay in Japan from 1600 to 1620. He helped boost foreign trade and ship manufacturing in Japan.
oRprW TIL After Colonel Shaw was killed, Confederates buried him in a mass grave to insult his leadership of Black soldiers. When Union troops tried to recover his body, his father wrote, "We would not have his body removed from where it rests with his brave soldiers."
B9LW TIL that the third largest religious movement in the world, with 1.1 billion “followers” are people who are secular, nonreligious, agnostic, and atheist
kgNm TIL over 30% of one-night stands actually leads to a long-term relationship.