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TIL Nostalgia regulates loneliness by affirming social support. Research suggests that by using nostalgia, interventions can be successful in reducing the sense of loneliness and lack of self worth.

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KL9G TIL Marijuana was LEGAL in India until 1985, when under American governmental pressure, it had to declare possession of marijuana illegal despite it being consumed for years and being a part of India’s culture.
Ob5g TIL Russia didn’t consider beer to be an alcoholic beverage until 2011. Before then it was classified as a soft drink.
7r7xP TIL the air around lightning can get up to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. 5x hotter than the sun’s surface
X0maP TIL that a social worker accused Eminem's mom, Debbie Mathers-Briggs, of having Munchausen syndrome by proxy at a 1996 juvenile court proceeding for his younger half-brother, Nathan, which led to him being removed from Debbie's custody after social services found her guilty of child abuse.
YpKar TIL the first official Canadian Football game was recorded as having taken place in November 1861 at the University of Toronto - eight years earlier than the first official American Football game, which took place in November 1869.