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

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0d51j TIL that despite Antarctica going undiscovered for hundreds of millenia the first two claims of its discovery occured only 3 days apart.
l7aQK TIL that in New Zealand parliament, bills to be voted on are randomly drawn from a 30 year old "biscuit tin of democracy"
Y7ZZW TIL Kurt Russell was the voice of ‘Copper’ in The Fox and the Hound
Aajw TIL that the fighter squadron with the highest number of kills in the Battle of Britain during WWII were actually from Poland, and showed up two months after the battle had begun.
ADMO4 TIL of Django Reinhardt, a Jazz Gutiarist of the 1930's. He has been called one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century, and he's among the first to play Jazz that featured guitar as the lead instrument. Doing it all while only having 3 fingers on his left hand due to a fire in 1928.