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TIL: 23% of American women in their 40s and 50s take antidepressants

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L0Vp TIL a microbiologist named Maurice Hilleman developed eight of the fourteen vaccines that are now routinely administered. He is credited with saving more lives than any other scientist of the 20th century.
W7YGA TIL about the Justin Morgan horse, one of the foundational American horse breeds. The line originated with a prepotent horse named Figure, his genes were dominant in his offspring regardless of the mare. Popular as a cavalry horse during the Civil War, the breed was nearly killed off.
p88le Potatoes are close, but not close enough.
N7EYe TIL Rwandans have a positive perception of Jews because of shared genocide experiences
OoGBa TIL There is 10 times more fresh water in the atmosphere than in all the rivers on Earth combined, and 50 times more tapped in the soil