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TIL Scooby Doo’s real name is “Scoobert Doo”.

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R7JVw TIL neuroticism is most strongly associated with increased risk for depression and higher psychological distress. Although intelligence indicates no consistent effects on depression, it does increase the risk for depression once neuroticism is adjusted for.
awrvo TIL about Yoshio Nakamura. An American Citizen of Japanese decent who was sent to an interment camp during WWII but enlisted in the army and fought in Italy to break the German line. He used his GI bill to earn a degree to become a teacher but school districts wouldn't hire him due to his heritage.
l7bRa TIL that hippos are the closest living relatives of whales
9wO7B TIL the use of pesticides to kill cockroaches is thought to have inadvertently contributed to the resurgence of bed bugs since cockroaches are one of their natural predators
6EW1w TIL Disney owns 35 of the 40 college football bowl games.