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TIL using multiple forms of media at the same time is linked to anxiety and depression.

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WkWVA TIL that New York City offers so-called Friendship Benches, a program first used in Zimbabwe, where peers offer an ear to people who are suffering from depression but are not in a position to seek professional therapy.
6978Q TIL fashion brand Off-White’s iconic trademark is the same as that of Glasgow Airport
OGa7 TIL the Egyptian king Psamitk I led an experiment to discover the origin of all languages by isolating two new-born babies, then waited for them to begin speaking unaided. It was agreed Phrygian was the original language of Mankind.
epMgD TIL about Frederick Valentich, an Australian pilot who disappeared during a flight in 1978 after reporting an unidentified object following him and saying, 'It's not an aircraft.'
6Bjl TIL: The Codex Leicester, a collection of largely scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci, holds the record for the sale price of any book. It was sold to Bill Gates for $US30,802,500.