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TIL certain antidepressants can actually increase the risk of suicide, especially in young adults. When a depressed person wants to commit suicide, they often lack the energy to do so. However, certain antidepressants can give the edge needed to move from plan to action.

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E1nm7 TIL getting goosebumps from music is a rare condition that actually implies different brain structure. People who experience goosebumps from music have more fibers connecting their auditory cortex and areas associated with emotional processing, meaning the two areas can communicate better.
v1PK TIL on September 19, 1985, when Frank Zappa famously testified before Congress to protest the PMRC’s attempt to legislate and censor heavy metal music lyrics, Zappa compared the proposed legislation to “treating dandruff by decapitation”
xjob TIL a physician who went by the code name “Dr. Feelgood” routinely injected JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mantle, Truman Capote, and Elvis Presley with methamphetamines that they became dependent on.
woljE TIL of an attempt to establish the first English settlement in America in 1587 -- before Jamestown -- called the Roanoke Colony. When a ship visited the settlement in 1590, the town was found deserted with the word "Croatoan" carved on a post. The whereabouts of the 117 colonists remains unknown.
69A4X TIL that in the province of Alberta, if you find a fossil that does not require excavation on Crown Land (public areas) you are the custodian of that fossil. You may keep the fossil in your possession but the fossil is owned by the province and therefore cannot be sold or removed from the province.