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Yp987 TIL A recent development in Hoarding Disorder is the hoarding of data. This is where someone stores huge amounts of electronic data and emails that they're extremely reluctant to delete.
DQN6D TIL William Jennings Bryan endorsed Senator Francis Cockrell of Missouri for the 1904 Democratic nomination in expectation of Cockrell losing so badly to Theodore Roosevelt that the Democratic Party would re-nominate him (Bryan) in 1908.
mY1v TIL that suicide is the leading cause of death for people under 30 in Japan.
loWgN TIL about Tulip Mania, during the 17th Century Dutch Golden Age, when prices for some tulip bulbs skyrocketed. Many think it is one of the first speculative bubbles to pop, but some historians believe it has been exaggerated over time.
gMkg9 TIL the Antikythera Shipwreck of the First Century BCE, discovered by Greek sponge divers, yielded artifacts including art, jewelry, a statue of Herakles, coins, but most importantly the Antikythera Mechanism, interlocking gears that computed the movements of the sun, the moon, and eclipse dates