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TIL having at least one child decreases your suicide risk by 64%. Mothers with 3 children or more have a 93% decreased risk.

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nWRY TIL that if the Earth stopped spinning, the oceans would migrate to the poles, creating one equatorial megacontinent and two polar oceans, submerging nearly all of the northern U.S., Europe, Canada and Russia.
78mnL TIL that Fyodor Dostoevsky had a crippling gambling addiction. He was frequently in debt, and wrote an entire novel based on this addiction, titled "The Gambler". Once, his financial situation was so dire his wife was reportedly forced to pawn off her underwear.
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