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TIL antibiotics heavily raise your risk of depression by killing the good bacteria in your gut which play a role in mood and serotonin production

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m6JO TIL after WWII plants were bombarded with radiation to produce useful mutations known as Atomic Gardening which resulted in todays peppermint and red grapefruit
nWmMd TIL that bookworms are an actual thing, the term refers to a variety of insects (usually larval) that can eat paper, leather, and glue in books.
rR4G1 TIL Mixing alcohol with diet soda instead of regular soda gets you drunk faster
75LP TIL a couple is more likely to get a divorce if either one is fired from their job, 57% more likely if the man is fired, and 90% more likely if the woman is fired.
X0Lar TIL:John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two very close friends and important ex- Presidents, died on the same day. 4th of July 1826