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TIL "a low sense of control is highly associated with anxiety, depression, and virtually all mental health problems. Researchers have found that a low sense of control is one of the most stressful things that people can experience."

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b9NeE TIL that there are more living organisms in one teaspoon of soil than there are humans on earth. Happy World Soil Day!
j6EYX TIL the term “gaslighting” actually comes from a 1938 play, “Gas Light”, where a husband manipulates his wife to make her think she’s actually losing her sense of reality so he can commit her to a mental institution and steal her inheritance.
JYaL1 TIL Pablo Escobar burned 2 million dollars to keep his daughter warm when she was hypothermic
9YRQM TIL that Philadelphia is Greek for "brotherly love," derived from the Ancient Greek terms φίλος phílos (beloved, dear) and ἀδελφός adelphós (brother, brotherly)
E1QNx TIL penguin poop will change Antartica's ecosystem. For the last 5,000 years, penguins have delivered roughly 16 million pounds of nutrient rich poop on the rocks of Antartica. This poop can one day support plants and animals which currently can't survive in Antartica.