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TIL neuroticism is most strongly associated with increased risk for depression and higher psychological distress. Although intelligence indicates no consistent effects on depression, it does increase the risk for depression once neuroticism is adjusted for.

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VDeG TIL that the destruction under Genghis Khan may have scrubbed as much as 700 million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere by allowing forests to regrow on previously populated and cultivated land.
mxEaY TIL that Aztecs were one of the few ancient civilizations where education was mandatory for everyone, boys and girls from all social status were educated at home and later at schools (although the kind of school depended on gender and class)
M74Xm TIL that in September 2003, two cast members of the Canadian teen drama "15/Love" died in a car accident on the way to set. Their deaths were written into the series where they died in a plane crash on their way home from a tennis tournament.
rREp4 TIL A Liger (Lion/Tiger crossbreed) can get up to 800 pounds and 6 feet long. That makes it as big as any prehistoric cat fossil ever found. (Also bred for its skills in magic).
DQpLJ TIL that Thomas Harris, best known for creating the character of Hannibal Lecter, has only written six novels in a span of 48 years. Stephen King has said that for Harris, "the very act of writing is a kind of torment.”