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TIL that most countries did not officially end their "state of war" with Germany until 1950 or 1951.

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4dBg TIL Yale researchers may have discovered the true root cause of depression: Not too little serotonin,rather it’s too much of another neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. A secondary effect of SSRIs is they reduce acetylcholine, which May explain their antidepressant effects.
KBQR TIL that Tokyo is protected from floods by a massive underground system of tunnels and water tanks, with 14000hp turbines that can pump 200 tons of water per second
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NX7D8 TIL Kids Not Only Have the Constitutional Right to Not Participate in the Pledge of Allegiance, But Remain Seated
M7XnV TIL that there has been an alternative to the standard http internet, called Project Xanadu, in continuous development for the past 62 years, and was called "the longest running vaporware" even back in 1995.