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TIL: Up to half of the world population is infected with Toxoplasmosis, a parasitical infection possibly linked to depression, anxiety and schizophrenia.

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wLl5P TIL about John Arnold van Hengel, a grassroots activist and entrepreneur who, in 1967, founded St. Mary's Food Bank, the world's first food bank in Phoenix, Arizona.
wLZm1 TIL about Nameless, Texas. After submitting six names in order to get a post office and having all six rejected, citizens responded by stating, "Let the post office be nameless and be damned!" The government accepted this suggestion and the town of Nameless was born.
pYNwO TIL That the singer of the Peanut Butter Jelly Time song has always been credited to the wrong person.
wRAW TIL Prisoners who maintain a positive relationship with their children are 6 times less likely to reoffend.
oBn1E TIL that, before a vowel, we pronounce “the” as “thee”, and before a consonant, we pronounce it “thuh”.