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TIL that PhD students display twice as many symptoms of psychiatric disorders such as depression than other people.

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xVQx1 TIL that anything went for a brief period in Hollywood at the start of the sound era, when suggestions of sex, sin and sordidness were all waved through by the censors.
N7OKM TIL About the 'Rebecca Riots' in 19th Century Wales. Farmers would paint their faces and dress as women, calling themselves the 'daughters' of Rebecca (a biblical figure). They would riot, protest and launch attacks against landowner's and tollgates, ultimately succeeding in changing the law.
rVR0 TIL: Adobe tried to outlaw photoshop as a verb in their TOS preferring: “The image was enhanced using Adobe® Photoshop® software.” instead of “The image was photoshopped.”
E1NdW TIL that in 1994, the pilot of a commercial airline allowed his 16-year-old son to sit at the plane's controls during a flight. The kid touched something he shouldn't have, inadvertently disengaged the autopilot and caused the plane to crash. Everyone onboard perished.
LBod TIL that of the approximately 1.7 million interracial crimes committed in the U.S. each year, 90 percent are committed by blacks against whites.