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TIL that the “chemical imbalance” theory of depression is considered outdated

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VDW4 TIL an early AIDS victim was dubbed “Patient O” but a typo changed this to “Patient Zero” and he has since been blamed as the origin of the virus in the USA.
4XJmw TIL the University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center "Body Farm" has origins in Kansas cattle rusting in 1969.
oRNvA TIL that dishes made of lead may have caused the fall of the Roman Empire as it could likely caused lead poisoning that lowered the cognitive abilities of the ruling class
G0D1 TIL that when one fails the British/Dutch navies’ Submarine Command Course (“The Perisher”), he is not told yet, but his bag is packed for him. When a boat/helicopter is ready the sailor is told of his failure, given a bottle of whisky, and immediately goes. He can never serve in a submarine again.
d8QLZ TIL the red grapefruit comes from a 1950s gov nuclear program called "Atoms for Peace" where they would mutate crops with radioactive material. In these "Gamma Gardens" ones grown close to the radioactive source died, but ones farther away turned red