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TIL: Mindfulness has been shown to be as effective as Escitalopram for the treatment of Anxiety Disorders

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W8Go TIL A UK university was fine £400,000 after 2 students were accidentally given a lethal dose of caffeine during a scientific experiment. Because of a misplaced decimal point on the phone used to calculate the caffeine dosage, they received 30g instead of the planned 0.3g. The lethal dose is 18g.
GMQ1 TIL magic mushrooms may give users trippy experiences by creating a hyperconnected brain. The active ingredient in the psychedelic drug, psilocybin, seems to completely disrupt the normal communication networks in the brain, by connecting “brain regions that don’t normally talk together.”
0wW6N TIL that the title of Pantera's 1992 album "Vulgar Display of Power" was inspired by a line in "The Exorcist". When Father Karras asks Regan why she can't make the straps restraining her disappear if she's supposedly the devil, she replies, "That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras."
X0rn8 TIL Comedian Steven Wright is an Oscar winner
N7VYb TIL that eating pizza boosts serotonin - an essential feel-good hormone. You can also aid serotonin production by eating nuts, seeds, and fish (for tryptophan) and yogurt (who's probiotics aid in digestion).