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TIL People with depression are more likely to use absolutist words e.g: “always” “never” “completely”

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6EObX TIL that the Soviets realised that the Americans and British were developing an atomic bomb when they noticed that Western scientists had ceased publishing papers on nuclear science. Correctly guessing that nuclear science had been made a state secret, they began their own program
4kXQg TIL that, on October 30, 1939, just under two months into World War II, a German U-boat submarine fired three torpedoes at the ship carrying soon-to-be Prime Minister Winston Churchill, but none of them exploded. Commander Wilhelm Zahn became known as "The Man Who Almost Killed Churchill".
R5Daw TIL that Lego's first animated TV show was titled "Edward and Friends" in 1987, created for the BBC2 network. Featuring Edward Elephant (of Lego's "Fabuland" theme), it used traditional stop-motion puppets instead of real Lego elements, and had a 5 minute runtime with only 26 episodes produced.
5YjAR TIL Mormon theology includes a "Heavenly Mother" who is married to the Heavenly Father, but she is rarely discussed in the LDS church.
16BoX TIL: San Agustín is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United States; established 42 years before Jamestown and 55 years before Plymouth Rock.