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TIL that children who have been in foster in care in the US have higher rates of PTSD than war veterans. Even children who have been abused/neglected fare better if they've remained in their homes than if they've been placed in foster care.

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DQxMP TIL the fear of balloons is called globophobia and is triggered by the thought, sight, sound, touch and smell of balloons as well as the sound of a balloon popping.
5XWr TIL that Bret Hart was unaware he was going to lose the WWF championship belt during a 1997 pay per view. This is referred to as the Montreal Screwjob.
ZpD6D TIL you're not supposed to use nasal sprays for more than 3 days. Can cause rebounding congestion.
aK6b TIL that Keurig K-Cups generate 10 times the solid waste that would be generated from a standard drip brewer and most of that waste isn’t recyclable. Co-founder John Sylvan said, “I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it.”
X9mX TIL Houston spent 2.8 billion dollars expanding the freeway to 23 lanes only to slow traffic down by 30%