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TIL that Vitamin D deficiency is linked with many health disorders, including depression. In a survey of almost 8,000 US residents, it was found that those with lower vitamin D levels "are at a significantly higher risk of showing depression".

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oBkmW TIL of Jang Bogo. A Korean peasant who served in China, becoming an abolitionist, and in the 820s formed a powerful private navy of 10,000 men to attack slavers, leading to the Emperor ending slavery. The Nobility hated him and assassinated him when he tried to marry a princess.
mbEp TIL in 1867 Alaska became the only place to have two Fridays in succession. This was due to the United States purchase of Alaska from Russia, causing it’s timezone to change from GMT+14 to GMT-10
8e9jV TIL Kate Middleton’s hands were branded with a cypher of her name when she was a baby. Check your hands! If you see any tiny dots on the back of your hand or dashes across your knuckle, it could be a cypher using ASL for your name.
R5V54 TIL Matt Damon had only 45 lines to speak in the last Jason Bourne movie
j6Kna TIL that The first animals to orbit the moon were two Russian tortoises inside Zond 5 spacecraft, The tortoises not only survived the journey, but returned to the Earth alive . On 21 September 1968, six days after the launch, Zond 5 was retrieved from the Indian Ocean.