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TIL That sadness is adaptive and helpful since it nudges you to make up for loss while severe depression (extreme sadness) is not as it leaves you actionless.

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KOl9Q TIL that starting in 1985, Australia built 22 small maritime patrol boats which it then donated (yes, donated) to a dozen Pacific island nations. In some cases these vessels are the only meaningful naval presence these nations possess.
16p7d TIL about Otto Esche's attempts to import Bactrian camels to Nevada to transport salt across the Sierra Nevada. Silver miners and their animals hated the camels so much that "Virginia City, Nevada, passed an ordinance outlawing camels on the town streets except between midnight and dawn."
R7dQ4 TIL that Brian Eno created the Windows 95 startup sound. He ended up finishing the final touches using a Macintosh computer, because he doesn’t like Windows machines.
kKxm TIL that in Japan, it is acceptable to take a nap on a strangers shoulder on a train
69edm TIL smoking alcohol is a growing trend, and very dangerous.