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TIL Estrogen is linked to causing depression and anxiety in women but doctors and scientists are unsure how. The actual measured level of estrogen doesn't predict emotional disturbances.

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WoL4 TIL the movie Behind Enemy Lines was backward. The downed pilot was rescued with full NATO cooperation and was in fact put into danger by a US general releasing information to the press. The pilot sued Fox over the movie and they settled out of court.
Me8X7 TIL Tatra (a Czech car manufacturer) collaborated on a supercar called the MTX Tatra V8
loAa TIL there are four major countries that face population decline in the next 40 years: Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia. Russia’s population is expected to fall 22% by 2050.
7r0rr TIL about 'holy anorexia' - Medieval Catholic saints "refused food, but drank the pus from the sores of the sick. Angela of Foligno is reported to have said it was as "sweet as the Eucharist", and also to have eaten the scabs and lice from those same patients"
0dAk1 TIL - Orcas Teach and Imitate Each Others’ Behaviors. Including Wearing Fish Hats. Fish. As hats.