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TIL Yale researchers have stated that ketamine - a “party drug” often found at raves - is a “magic drug” for treating severe depression. Unlike other antidepressants, its effects take hold within hours rather than weeks.

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rEMx TIL that Doritos were invented at Disneyland in 1964 as a way to use old tortillas
M7o40 TIL following his death in 68AD, there was a popular conspiracy theory that Roman emperor Nero was still secretly alive
Z88EQ TIL the female hyena has a 7 inch pseudopenis through which it mates and gives birth. It’s technically an extremely enlarged clitoris.
9YvZG TIL During the Battle of the Bulge, German troops who could speak English were air-dropped behind Allied lines while wearing American uniforms to cause confusion for the Allies
9YQjQ TIL a Black Robin named Old Blue has become the mother of her entire species when she was the last fertile female in a group of 5 Robins. There are now 250 Black Robins on the Chatham Islands, and have raised their status from Critically Endangered to Endangered.