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

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LQxKm TIL that Mychal Thompson suggested drafting Michael Jordan over Bowie in 1984 NBA draft so that MJ and Drexler could team up in Trail Blazers. Mychal told the organization that if you pick Jordan, and he and Clyde play together, they're going to dominate this league for the next 10 or 15 years.
xVG75 TIL modern day numerals and Algebra were introduced by Fibonacci from a mathematical treatise in currently 'lost' library in Baghdad that dates back to 13th century.
K5a9 TIL math dyslexia is a real, diagnosable condition called dyscalculia.
EZQ7 TIL that 100 years ago Detroit Electric automobiles were reliably getting 80 miles between recharging, and one test saw 211.3 miles on a single charge.
YpBx TIL that at the time of the American Revolution, American colonists had the highest standard of living in the world.