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TIL that mushroom therapy is now being used to help treat depression, known for rebooting the brain and creating new connections. (2018)

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Qg96 TIL that Arnold Sommerfield, a theoretical physicist, was doctoral supervisor to 4 physicists who went on to win Nobel Prizes in physics, and academic supervisor to 2 others who also won. He himself was nominated 81 times.
Qe49 TIL In 1996 NASA generated electricity with a satellite on a 13 mile long wire, released from Space Shuttle. The wire was clearly visible from Earth and was one of the biggest human-made objects in space.
x6bB1 TIL about the Chicha de Jora, a colombian drink that is a variant of the Popular maize chicha, but this is made chewing the clumps of maize and thanks to the salive enzymes, the maize is fermented in the mouth and latter is spitted to a bowl.
WkBW8 TIL that after Pearl Harbor was bombed FDR gave his “Day of Infamy” speech, one of the most famous speeches in American history. FDR was paralyzed from the waist down due to polio, so he walked to the podium for his speech with the help of steel leg braces, a cane, and his son.
D1wxP TIL more than 5,000 babies across the United States were abducted by a supposedly charitable organization between 1924 and 1950. The group targeted poor Southern families and developed a black market for white babies.