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TIL that magnesium has been shown to be as effective as antidepressants in several studies for the treatment of major depression and anxiety disorders and researchers even recommend it for the general population.

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YaZv TIL there is an astronomical “stone circle” in Australia which may be older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.
4nX6 TIL that Rudolf Hess was the sole inmate of an entire prison for over 20 years.
0d4dv TIL in 2007 a player entered a Yu-Gi-Oh card tournament with a 2222-card deck to demonstrate the game needed a deck card limit. The rule was changed to set a limit of 60 cards per deck.
awlGA TIL Harrison Ford tried to have a puppeteer on Return of the Jedi fired. They pretended to fire him, kept him on, and even brought him back for The Force Awakens
wLZv6 TIL of the discovery of hundreds of fossilized Pterosaur eggs in the Gobi desert. The eggs belong to a previously known species of pterosaur that lived in China more than a hundred million years ago. One such fossil suggests a wingspan of 36 feet making it one of the largest animals ever to fly