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TIL that childhood trauma is directly linked to sickness in adult years, and that it is much more common than originally thought

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b70 TIL the crew of the Mayflower II cast a message in a bottle overboard in 1957 that was signed by all of them, including Felix the kitten, with promise of reward. No one knew the whereabouts of the message until it was found at a flea market earlier this year.
JPpl TIL that the German word for foolhardy is “tollkühn” and that is where Tolkien derived his surname from.
ADWY7 TIL When Bill Gates' daughter started kindergarten, he dropped her off at school in the mornings to help out his wife, Melinda. Within a few weeks, seeing this, other dads at the school began to drop their children off in the mornings instead of their wives.
mmZy TIL the internet weighs about the same as a strawberry
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