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TIL that living in an area where you can see the ocean has been found to reduce psychological stress, even after controlling for factors such as income and neighborhood status.

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v1rND TIL the most money ever paid for a screenplay was the script to the quickly forgotten 2006 Denzel Washington sci-fi thriller "Deja Vu". Terry Rossio and Bill Masilii sold the script for $5 million to Touchstone Pictures. The record price hasn't been broken yet by another screenplay as of 2021.
xVlb7 TIL the band 'Rockbitch' would throw a golden condom into the crowd during performances, whoever caught the condom could have sex with several members of the band backstage
kJGVE TIL the smallest known insects are wasps and that the family they belong to contains around 1400 species, collectively known as fairy wasps or fairyflies. They include the world’s smallest flying insect, barely bigger than the width of a human hair.
VM44p TIL that the RMS Titanic was designed to carry 68 lifeboats (enough for everyone on board), and although she only had around half as many needed on her maiden voyage, it would have only costed $16k to add the remaining needed; a small fraction of the $7.5m it took to construct the ship.
x6a6D TIL THAT ST VALENTINE,S REMAINS ARE LOCATED IN THE WHITEFRIAR STREET CHURCH IN DUBLIN