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TIL Mexico's official name is the United Mexican States
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TIL that German has a word for the weight you put on when you eat comfort food after a breakup, and it translates to “Grief bacon.”
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TIL that, in the first printed attestation of orangutans in western sources, Malays claimed the ape could talk but preferred not to “lest he be compelled to labour”
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TIL Claude Monet had Aphakia (the absence of an eye lens) in his later years, after two operations to remove his cataracts. The procedure enabled him to see ultraviolet light (400–300 nm). [Link in comments]
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Antidepressants may significantly increase the risk of developing dementia, experts have warned.
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TIL a soldier in Iraq was found dead in her tent in 2005. The autopsy report and photographs revealed a broken nose, black eye, loose teeth, burns from a corrosive chemical on her genitals, and a gunshot wound to the head. Her death was ruled a suicide.