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TIL That A Video Game Designed to Treat Depression Worked Better Than Counseling

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e08m4 TIL in 1970 only 552 brown pelican nesting attempts were made on West Anacapa Island and only one chick survived
a8QMo TIL in 1947, the NY Yankees and Boston Red Sox owners agreed to trade Joe DiMaggio for Ted Williams. The trade collapsed the next day after the Yankees refused to add catcher Yogi Berra to the deal
p8l64 TIL that more people travel in Indian Railways daily than the entire population of Australia
XEx08 TIL A 2013 study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine revealed that 69% of doctors reported that they abused prescription medicine “to relieve stress & physical or emotional pain." Rates of addiction are highest within the specialties of anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and psychiatry.
QNyOL TIL that the Ghanaian Kingsley Ofosu is the only survivor of a massacre perpetrated by the crew of a cargo ship he and 8 other people stowed away on. He managed to hide for 3 days then flee to safety when the ship reached France, while the other stowaways were all murdered by the crew.