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TIL sunshine has a larger effect on mental health than temperature or rain.

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9wOAM TIL: Fire Hyrdants have different colors that actually mean something
yVrRa TIL that during Napoleon's 1798 Egyptian campaign, he brought along 167 scholars, scientists, and artists to study ancient Egypt. This "Scientific Expedition" led to significant discoveries, including the Rosetta Stone, which was key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs.
ZpE0D TIL about Togo the lead sled dog for musher Leonhard Seppala during the 1925 Serum Run to deliver much needed diphtheria medicine to Nome, Alaska. He took a longer (261 miles) and riskier route than other lead dog but his efforts were overshadowed by Balto, the lead dog for the final leg (53 miles).
yQgmv TIL that cone snails have 3 teeth.
OGD4a TIL Dublin is the only city in the world with a monument to a Nazi/Nazi sympathiser.