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TIL that Americanitis - a “condition” caused by too much stress, too little sleep, rushed meals and the fast paced advance of technology - was “cured” by the Great Depression.

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PMVV TIL that in 2010 a robot programmed to fall in love got a little too attached to a woman and wouldn’t let her leave the room.
4XbOJ TIL that babies cry when they are born because they are bruised and sore from the trauma of birth
VMZYB TIL Snoop Dogg and Dr.Dre were struggling to write lyrics for Still Dre for days, so Dr.Dre flew in “some guy from New York” (Jay Z) who ghost wrote the entire song.
GY6Z5 TIL that a woman in France received a telephone bill of nearly 12 quadrillion euros. The phone company initially told her there was nothing they could do to amend the statement and offered to set up instalments to pay off the bill. Eventually, they admitted their mistake, and waived it altogether
9Yoop TIL psilocybin, the psychoactive chemical in magic mushrooms (psilocybin mushrooms), is being researched as a potential treatment for anxiety and depression in people with cancer diagnoses, for alcohol use disorder, and for migraines and cluster headaches.