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TIL that sleep deprivation sometimes helps with depression. However, the health risks from undersleeping outweigh the positive effect.

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rn4e TIL 26 of 36 missing children were found after being featured in Soul Asylum’s “Runaway Train” video.
MGlV TIL a family-friendly game developer went into a depression after people repeteadely criticized his game character for looking like ‘a scary animatronic’. He overcame depression, was inspired to make a horror game, and went on to create 'Five Nights at Freddy’s’.
JDeQ TIL When Indian reservations started to earn big money from casinos, they began expelling their own members by the thousands to increase the payout for those who remained.
e0o9J TIL that while dining out at Lord Harcourt's residence at Nuneham in 1848 William Buckland was shown a silver locket containing an object resembling pumice stone. He popped the object in his mouth, and swallowed it. It was in fact part of the mummified heart of Louis XIV of France.
ljKK TIL that pickled ginger may be traditionally served with sushi due to its antiseptic and anti-nausea properties, which help counteract the consequences of eating spoiled food.