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TIL Buzz Aldrin Battled Depression and Alcohol Addiction After the Moon Landing

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XEw8R TIL Scientists at UCLA noticed that "time and time again" people suffered their first experience with anxiety or depression right after stomach illnesses. They did brain scans after patients ate probiotics, and found that stomach bacteria actually directly affected connectivity of the brain.
eNx5 TIL Human cadavers donated to science are used as crash test dummies because they’re better at showing organ and tissue damage than conventional dummies (for obvious reasons).
LQYGv TIL that there is a species of trilobite named “Han solo”
dDk7E TIL: Fallopian Tubes and Ovaries are NOT directly connected in humans and have a gap between them
0wVpR TIL humans have descended from a single reptilian ancestor approximately 320 million years ago