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TIL that owning a video game console during 2020–2022 in Japan improved mental well-being by reducing psychological distress and increasing life satisfaction.

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KYMeE TIL: the first documented case of a moose eating their own feces (coprophagy) was documented in May 2018
OoBNa TIL Evanna Lynch, Luna in Harry Potter movies, was pen pals with J.K before she was cast. Battling anorexia, Lynch wrote to Rowling telling her the books gave her hope and asked to be cast as Luna. J.K. told her she'd need to be well first. Lynch said, "In the end, I think that's why I recovered."
nWa4Y TIL radio represents one of the biggest archives of local history from the 20th century
VLlD TIL, the pointy bullet used by modern militaries is called a spitzer, a shortening of the german word for “pointy bullet”.
XE7kr TIL that of the top 30 fastest 100m sprints, 9 of them were clean and not associated with doping. All 9 were Usain Bolt.