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TIL: Lack of connection is a key reason why people have suicidal thoughts; isolation contributes to and escalates their pain.

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XEjKj TIL the platypus is the only mammal that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. It is also one of the few species of venomous mammals, as the male platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom capable of causing severe pain to humans.
9wKGB TIL that Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, a Venetian noblewoman, was the first woman who earned the degree of "doctor of philosophy". However, Catholic church and the University of Padua refused to get a degree in theology, which she originally wanted. She died six years later.
neVPG TIL that in 89 BC Roman soldiers have reportedly captured a satyr (a mythical creature) while at war in Greece. They’ve brought it to their general Sulla for interrogation, but it only spoke in something like a cross between the neighing of a horse and the bleating of a goat.
Y7LQ7 TIL James Longstreet, one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Lee, became an anathema to many Confederates post-war due to his support for the Republican Party as well as critical comments he wrote about Lee's wartime performance
E18Jx TIL that a Danish artist is hiding enormous troll statues made with recycled materials in Belgian forests