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TIL that meditation has been shown to be as effective as anti- depressants in treating anxiety.

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xvg7 TIL that a pair of human feet consist of 52 bones and account for 25% of all bones in the body.
5J0p TIL António Moniz, the surgeon who developed the frontal lobotomy procedure to make people calm and docile, was shot by one of his lobotomized patients.
DRNr TIL that the average life expectancy for those with Down syndrome has gone from 12 years in 1912, to 25 years in the 1980’s, to upwards of 60 years in the developed world today.
dD5lQ TIL the pilot episode of Star Trek Voyager was one of the most expensive television episodes ever produced, costing $23 million
xVbgg TIL the original script of "Gone Girl" called for Ben Affleck's character to wear a Yankees cap in one scene. Affleck refused to do so even in character being a die hard Red Sox fan and this halted production for 4 days.