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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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p8aWN TIL near Frankfurt in central Germany, a cheese is served that is topped with raw onions, which is locally known as "hand cheese with music". When strangers ask why it is called this way, they are told "the music comes later". This is a running gag pointing at the farts caused by the onions.
BAQK TIL that ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, isn’t called IOS because every language has a different abbreviation, so they made a reference to the greek word “isos”, which means “equal”.
9Y0ym TIL that free-ranging domestic cats are the top human-caused threat to wildlife in the United States, killing an estimated 1.3 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.3 to 22.3 billion mammals annually, according to a 2013 study
78J8r TIL King Henry VIII of England hired four men who regularly checked his faeces, monitored his bowel movements and wiped his bottom. They were appropriately called ‘Grooms of the King’s Stool’ and all of them were eventually knighted.
ZpJAR TIL When Jimmy Carter left the White House, his secretary had transcribed over 5,000 pages from his personal journal. Carter waited a long time to publish his diary since it contains his unguarded impressions. "White House Diary", released in 2010, contains a quarter of everything he wrote