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TIL that research shows psilocybin mushrooms sends OCD and OCD-related clinical depression into complete remission. Further studies by the Imperial College London and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine conclude, when used properly, it acts as an antidepressant.

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p86Ob TIL that Brazil was the only South American country to send troops abroad during World War II
RKGl TIL during pre-Civil War America, when free, blacks disproportionately became slave masters. About 28 percent of free blacks owned slaves—as opposed to less than 4.8 percent of southern whites, and dramatically more than the 1.4 percent of all white Americans who owned slaves.
69pJZ TIL the Kung Fu honor code, rooted in Wude (“martial morality”), teaches respect, humility, perseverance, and integrity. True mastery is not just about skill, but living with discipline, compassion, and righteousness in and out of training.
e0D9E TIL of the Knights of Malta, a sovereign entity (part of the U.N. General Assembly) with 13,500 knights, 40,000 doctors and a further 80,000 volunteers. They have only 2 official citizens, but they still issue passports, coins and postage stamps despite having no physical land or territory
lobrA TIL of Gabriele Gast, an East German spy who was a high-ranking West German intelligence officer. She spied to continue seeing her lover in East Germany and was never paid for her spy work. However, she later learned that her lover was a professional Stasi seducer who strung her along for 20 years.