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TIL: The Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are separate countries

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VMAnB TIL that the philosopher William James experienced great depression due to the notion that free will is an illusion. He brought himself out of it by realizing, since nobody seemed able to prove whether it was real or not, that he could simply choose to believe it was.
Rvj9 TIL a white, homeless man in Fullerton California was beaten to death by police for apparently no reason. The police were found Not Guilty on all charges.
YkKW TIL that there is an actual medical term called “Sense of Impending Doom”
4QY5 TIL that Canada’s seargent at arms carries a 4.3 million dollar jewel studded golden mace which he uses to summon the parliment
kOOEd Short answer: 142,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Kelvin, give or take a few zeros.