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TIL People with depression feel better after listening to sad music

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7rlnp TIL that 177 years after his death, George Washington was promoted to General of the Armies, the highest possible rank in the U.S. Army
E1Gnw TIL that Alan Turing once bought 150lbs of silver, but didn't trust banks so he buried it in the woods instead. After the price of silver had almost doubled, he went to dig it up, but could no longer find it.
AnAB TIL of Jonathan Daniels, a white Episcopal priest who was killed in 1965 after he threw himself in front of a shotgun blast targeting a seventeen-year-old black girl. Both he and the girl had been peacefully protesting for civil rights when they were attacked by a deputy.
xVXYD TIL that in the Plutchik's wheel of emotions, boredom is on the same spectrum as disgust and loathing.
VMro0 TIL That termite queens are the longest living insect on the planet. Living on average up to 15 years with some scientists suggesting they can live up to 50-100 years old.