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TIL Eli Lilly, the company behind the SSRI antidepressant Prozac, hid its clinical trials from the FDA that showed patients who took Prozac were 12 times more likely to commit suicide compared to older antidepressants.

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69PNJ TIL that direct gaze can serve as an explicit and implicit signal of threat or dominance, indicating that overt physical aggression might soon follow, and one should avoid it with predators.
dDaYd TIL that the MGM Grand and Caesar's Palace in Vegas have the same landlord: Vici Properties
X0gxR TIL In 458 BC, Father of the Greek tragedy, Aeschylus was returning to his home in Sicily when, just outside the city, he was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise onto his head which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell,
oBYvW TIL the full name of the country of Uruguay is "The Oriental Republic of Uruguay". Oriental meaning that the country lies to the east of the Uruguay River.
d88rQ TIL a "grass fed beef" cow is started on a grass diet but have either received supplemental grain feed or are finished on a fully grain-based diet