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TIL Only 10 countries: the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Greenland (Denmark), Russia, Indonesia, the Congo and Australia have internal land time zone borders

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r1X1 TIL that smart people are likely to be depressed more often than stupid people
vD1B TIL the beat of the “Mission: Impossible” theme spells out the letters “MI” in Morse code (–..)
gMaZW TIL That when Christopher Reeve (the man who played Superman) was about to receive the surgery to reattach his skull to his spine after falling off a horse, Robin Williams cheered him up by dressing as his character from Nine Months and proclaiming that Reeve will be getting a rectal exam.
DKRe TIL that ADHD affects men and women differently. While boys tend to be hyperactive and impulsive girls are more disorganized, scattered, and introverted. Also symptoms often emerge after puberty for girls while they usually settle down by puberty for boys.
nLvP TIL Patrick Stewart was the original narrator of “The Nightmare Before Christmas,”. Although, Tim Burton eventually cut his narration and changed the voice, the film’s composer, Danny Elfman, kept Stewart’s original recording in his soundtrack because he liked the actor’s reading better.