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TIL Will Wheaton suffers from generalized anxiety disorder and chronic depression. He supports mental health nonprofit organizations in raising awareness for these conditions.

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v1WeB TIL, in Disney's Mulan (1998), Mulan touches her hair a lot because the animators noticed that Mulan’s voice actress Ming-Na Wen, touched her hair a lot while recording. So, they added it to the character.
VBLj8 TIL that both Quantum tunneling and Quantum Entanglement are both involved in the process of a tadpole turning into a frog.
6E1jl TIL Shortly after Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran from exile in 1979, he issued a fatwa ordering that Jews and other minorities (except Bahá'ís) be treated well. To this day, Jews are officially recognized and protected by the Iranian government.
epebJ TIL That women could not have their own credit cards regardless of marital status until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed in 1974. Before then, a man would have to co-sign for a woman, even if she made more money, so credit cards were only available to men for the first 16 years they existed.
rRpPo TIL Spiderman was featured in an anti-drug comic book series in 1993. In the first issue, Spidey helps a kid's hockey team say "NO" to drugs