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TIL A Video game has been found to be more effective at battling depression than therapy.

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8pgV TIL that the creator of Peter Pan gave the rights to a children’s hospital so they would always collect the royalties and fund the hospital!
e0Aeg TIL although people live longer on average, the maximum age of humans hasn't increased in 30 years. This had led scientists to conclude that no matter how much medicine advances, the natural limit to human life span will remain around 115.
w4GP TIL that mafia capo Gregory Scarpa was recruited by the FBI to help find the bodies of three civil rights workers. Scarpa got the locations of the bodies after he kidnapped a Klansman, pistol-whipped him and stuck a gun in his mouth
p86ge TIL about work grunting, aka worm charming. A sport, past time, and subsistence strategy practiced in many cultures around the world.
XJ9R TIL - During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space—and they’ve made maps