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TIL depression makes a person see the world in more shades of gray, than a non-depressed person

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b6JM0 TIL that Joe Rogan, the controversial podcaster, played Joe the handyman in the sitcom, NewsRadio from 1995 to 1999.
6k8J TIL in 1775, about 70 years after the last Dodo’s death, the director of Oxford’s Natural History museum decided the museum’s stuffed Dodo was becoming too tattered and ordered it burned. A passing employee noticed and rescued a head and a limb. This is the last remainder of an actual dodo we have.
ZK0D TIL that on May 30th 1883, a woman tripped on the Brooklyn Bridge, sparking panic that the bridge was collapsing. The resulting stampede ended with 12 people dead and more than 35 wounded.
yVxna TIL in the US, if your eye doctor doesn't immediately give you your contact lenses/glasses prescription for free, they can be fined $53,000
VbDm TIL that in the late 1960s, the Shah of Iran sent a series of letters to the King of Saudi Arabia, saying, “Please, my brother, modernize. Open up your country. Make the schools mixed. Let women wear miniskirts. Have discos. Be modern. Otherwise I cannot guarantee you will stay on your throne.”