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TIL WebMD ran a test for depression where no matter which of the 10 answers you choose on the test, the result comes out the same: You may be at risk for major depression.

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vbDj TIL Gary Webb, an Investigative Reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, wrote a series of articles about CIA involvement in cocaine trafficking into the US. On December 10, 2004, Gary Webb was found dead in his apartment from two gunshot wounds to the head. His death was later ruled as a suicide.
R7XY7 TIL that Lord Krishna (Hinduism) changed himself to his feminine form Mohini and slept with Aravan who sacrificed himself in the war and granted three wishes. It is from Aravan’s lineage after his association with Krishna’s female form that the transgenders are said to have been born.
E1y4x TIL in Sesame Street, cookie monster ate painted rice cakes and not cookies because the oil from the cookie would damage the puppets.
oRyYK TIL: That a man named Charles Grady once sued the Doritos company claiming that his throat had been damaged while eating Doritos. Grady attempted to admit into evidence a study by a former chemistry professor that calculated how best to safely swallow the chips, but it was subsequently rejected.
o8r7 TIL cheese was produced before recorded history and probably derived from storing milk in the removed stomachs of animals