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TIL that SSRI antidepressants (Zoloft, Lexapro, Prozac, etc.) actually make certain areas of your brain bigger that are associated with positive self-thought. These areas are small in a lot of people with depression and anxiety

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gMX4y TIL during the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya an ex SAS member and former Irish soldier joined forces to rescue victims of the shooting, organised police to attempt a counter attack and evaded gunfire while rescuing people still trapped in the mall
gMxxb TIL that when quirky theatrical producer David Merrick got bad reviews for his 1961 musical, he found 7 random denizens of New York with names identical to those of 7 top theatre critics. He asked the civilians to talk ecstatically of the musical, then published an ad with their praises and names.
wk6P TIL The movie script for “Thirteen” was written in six days and was originally intended to be a comedy.
0wlOv TIL Netherlands is so safe that jails are being closed due to the lack of criminals.
WRkX TIL a man survived in a sunken ship for nearly three days, 270 feet underwater, in pitch darkness, while listening to fish eat the corpses of his shipmates.