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TIL that during depression you see less contrast, making the world really appear greyer

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b6Eej TIL Nancy Faust was the organist for the Chicago White Sox from 1970-2010, and was the first stadium organist to start playing tunes from advertising, TV shows, and popular music. She missed only 5 games in her 40 years, due to the birth of her son. She is recognized at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
b6Or7 TIL that babies have a reasting heart rate of 100 to 160 BPM
aPEA TIL of the British Roundabout Appreciation Society, an organisation devoted to… appreciating roundabouts and acknowledging the fact that they’re superior to “fascist, robotic traffic lights”
LkE1Q TIL: The Green Bay Packers is the only non-profit, community-owned major league professional sports team in the United States.
p4NA TIL that a study showed US Southerners aren’t actually the fattest Americans; when previous US weight surveys were scrutinized, which used self-reported over-the-phone data collection, it found the South had the smallest discrepancy between reported & actual weight. In other words, they lied less.