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TIL that “chemical imbalance” as a cause of depression is overly simplified, and “researchers believe that — more important than levels of specific brain chemicals — nerve cell connections, nerve cell growth, and the functioning of nerve circuits have a major impact on depression.”

kODW TIL Pete Conrad’s first words on the Moon were said in order to win a $500 bet proving that astronauts are not given a script of what to say when stepping off the ladder.
d8WW7 TIL that a 2 year old, Paulie Hynek, survived after being found freezing in a snowbank overnight when he wandered outside looking for his mom. There was no heartbeat, no breathing and no brain activity. Doctors wouldn't declare him dead until he was warmed up. They saved him after warming his blood.
jVYp TIL that Students at John Hopkins University collaboratively decided to opt out of their final since the professor set his curve based on the highest score grading it as 100%. They chose to receive a score of zero making it the highest grade, thereby getting 100%
x6rR0 TIL that the Ten Commandments contain fourteen distinct un-numbered directives, and there are at least eight competing traditions of how to combine different directives to get to ten.
Wvm8 TIL companies such as Google, Lego and Xerox regularly work to avoid the risk of their trademarked names becoming genericized, because if those terms become fully generalized terms for ‘internet search’, 'interconnecting plastic block’ or 'photocopy’, then they could lose those trademarks.