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TIL that 50% of dementia risk is related to modifiable risk factors.

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NXABP TIL that, while stationed in Haiti, Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Faustin Wirkus was crowned king by a local tribal queen as he seemed fit their local prophecy.
B5ny TIL that SSRI antidepressants (Zoloft, Lexapro, Prozac, etc.) actually make certain areas of your brain bigger that are associated with positive self-thought. These areas are small in a lot of people with depression and anxiety
MNKV TIL there are almost twice as many 7-Eleven’s in Japan than in the USA.
yQJM TIL in 1859 the largest known geomagnetic storm caused aurora over the Caribbean and telegraphs could operate without a power source
e6PE TIL the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the titanic) was the only merchant vessel in WW1 to sink an enemy u-boat. It rammed it despite having the speed to steam out of range of the sub.