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TIL That the over-stimulation often caused by modern society can result in depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders by building a tolerance to chemicles like dopamine, serotonin, and melatonin.

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gMKE8 TIL that Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee, won an Olympic gold medal for himself in 1912 - with a poem. 'Ode to Sport' won in the category for literature. Previous Olympic events also included architecture, music, painting and sculpture, until 1948.
wAQ8 Today I learned that there are no surviving copies of Socrates’ actual work. Everything from him was written by Plato, with comments by Xenophon, Aristotle, and Aristophanes.
PYwaE TIL about the Aroostook War, a diplomatic spat between British Canada and the US over the official border between New Brunswick and Maine in 1838-39. While no shots were fired, police, militia and lumberjacks were mobilized. The only reported casualties were two Canadians mauled by a bear.
bwJZ TIL that some haunted houses are thought to be the result of dangerous safety hazards, like carbon monoxide leaks, which cause hallucinations.
awebb TIL of Alan Francis, who has won 8 consecutive World Horseshoe Championship titles, and 16 of the 17 years. He has a total of 24 World Horseshoe Championship titles. The New York Times has even referred to him as the “most dominant athlete in any sport in the country"