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TIL that the happiest countries in the world are also the highest consumers of antidepressants.

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4X9Wb TIL Tony Hendra, the actor who plays Spinal Taps manager Ian Faith attempted suicide the night before the first day of filming. He credits the joy he received from making this movie with bringing him back from his depression.
j6Obj TIL the SS Robert E. Lee was torpedoed by a German U-boat just 45 miles off the Louisiana coast in 1942. It sank in 15 minutes, killing 25 people. Decades later, both the ship and the U-boat that sank it were found just a mile apart on the seafloor.
54J8 TIL that in 1959, an experimental nuclear reactor meltdown in Simi Valley (35 miles from Los Angeles) released an estimated 458 times more radiation than the Three Mile Island incident. The site remains radioactive to this day, which is surrounded by 500,000 people within 10 miles
5VJ1R TIL that in the 17th century, tulip bulbs became incredibly valuable and were even traded on futures markets in the Netherlands. At the peak of the craze, some individual tulip bulbs were worth more than a house.
WvvB TIL: Mobile users in poor countries can access Wikipedia articles without data charges thanks to ‘Wikipedia Zero’. It’s currently operating in 34 countries.