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TIL that MDMA (aka ecstasy) can help alleviate PTSD, even after taking it just once or twice. In a 2018 study, 100% of participants showed reduced symptoms of PTSD one year after the trial. 67% lost their PTSD diagnosis altogether.

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noy9 TIL that Hitler gave his soldiers sex dolls to prevent the spread of syphilis from prostitutes
GYOog TIL Wolves in Winnipeg zoo dig escape tunnel, end up in polar bear exhibit
Dn9v TIL that a mysterious mute man was found wandering the streets in England in 2005 and could only communicate via piano
16pQ4 TIL when Sarah Michelle Gellar was five, she was sued by McDonalds for criticising the fast food restaurant in a Burger King commerical.
N7NwE TIL about terminal lucidity, a phenomenon in which patients with degenerated brains from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's suddenly regain lucidity, personality and memory before death. There is no known medical explanation for this phenomenon.