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TIL: A synthetic cannabinoid – similar to the compounds found in marijuana, but substantially stronger – causes the growth of new neurons and reduces anxiety and depression.

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epdXD TIL While common among humans, facial expressions of anger and aggression are rare in great apes, and are not described for gorillas and orangutans
nrOG TIL female black widow spiders rarely eat their partners after mating and much of the documented evidence for mate cannibalism has taken place in laboratory cages where the males could not escape.
wo8x7 TIL show sponsor Home Depot pushed out host Bob Vila from PBS's This Old House in 1989 due to his sponsorship of then-competitor Rickel. He was paid so little by the network, whose funding had been slashed, that he decided to stick with Rickel rather than the show.
6EQ6Y TIL that exclusive sale rights of colchicine, a 2000-year-old treatment for gout, was given to a pharmaceutical company in 2009. They raised the price 50x, costing the government over $50 million/year.
GYlBG TIL that between 1933 and 1941, the Chinese city of Shanghai accepted unconditionally over 18,000 Jewish people escaping Europe during WWII. This was more than Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and British India combined.