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TIL about a psychological disorder called “Boreout” (Boredom burnout syndrome), which is used to describe the boredom of office employees that can lead to psychological illnesses such as depression as well as physical illnesses.

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N7KDJ TIL That the physicist Freeman Dyson proposed a system called a Dyson tree to convert a comet into a habitat using a genetically modified plant. It would absorb nutrients and water from the comet and create a breathable atmosphere.
6E8Y7 TIL that Ted Kaczynski (the Unabomber), Ramzi Yousef (the 1993 World Trade Center bomber), and Timothy McVeigh (the Oklahoma City bomber), all became friends in prison, and regularly discussed religion and politics until McVeigh's execution.
1aP5P TIL of "The Battle of the Words" in 1915 during WW1, where Belgian and German trenches were a mere 45 metres (150 feet) apart, leading to each sides throwing insults at each other all day and night. It eventually became so annoying the Belgian commander forbade his men from talking to the Germans.
Z8954 TIL a typhoon hit Hiroshima a month after it was bombed that killed an additional 2,000 people
6EpoQ TIL about some of the hotels and casinos that never got built in Las Vegas, such as the ‘London’ resort, the ‘Moon’ resort, the ‘Addams Family’ resort, and the ‘Titanic’ resort.