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TIL that West Virginia is the most depressed state in America, with 29% of adults afflicted, and Hawaii is the least depressed state, with 11.4% of adults afflicted.

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JYjLm Til that 'the Pale' was the small part of Ireland directly controlled by English during medieval times and that it refers to the stakes that hold together fences, from which we get 'Beyond the Pale'.
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1MGX TIL that 50 Years Ago, NASA astronauts smuggled a corned beef sandwich into space on a mission to test newly invented space food. Congress was so upset it launched an investigation.