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TIL Spending too much time doing homework can lead to chronic depression.

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5VBlr TIL I NEED to drink water everyday !!
7NGP TIL the phrase “By and large” has a naval origin, meaning a ship that can sail by (nearly against) the wind, and large (with a backing wind) - i.e. “it’s a good ship, by and large.”
5VPWB TIL that after the Sunshine Skyway Bridge was destroyed in a collision with a freighter, the replacement bridge was designed with protective bumpers to prevent it from happening again. When a ship collided with the new bridge in 1987, the bridge was unaffected but the vessel took on water and sank.
OoBgX TIL we aren't allowed to excavate the area the Graecopithecus (human's oldest direct ancestor) fossil was found because the owner of the property built a swimming pool on it.
grj0L TIL a sculpture made for Queen Elizabeth II's 1977 silver jubilee was originally a rejected transparent acrylic monolith prop for the movie "2001: a Space Odyssey." Artist Arthur Fleischmann repurposed it by carving a crown and rays of light onto one side.