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TIL that children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of brain activity as soldiers exposed to combat.

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AD7Po TIL the 1968 rock song In A Gadda Da Vida was intended to be "In The Garden of Eden". Frontman Doug Ingle, who came up with the song, was hammered on red wine and his band mates couldn't understand him.
gMyBA TIL prison ships are a thing. There's actually one floating around New York.
ANPgd TIL: "Slugging" or the practice of standing in lines near bus stops, in order to form an "instant carpool" thus allowing a single driver to pick up passengers and use the HOV lanes, originated in Washington DC in the early 1970s, and remains a viable means of commuting out of Washington today.
EgmrV TIL the phenomena of a jubilee where sea life rise close to the surface resulting in easy fishing only happens in two places....Tokyo Bay and Mobile Bay in Alabama
6EZgZ TIL the ancient Greeks established a colony in the middle of the 6th century BC named Odessos, after Homer's epic Odyssey. The area of the settlement changed hands many times before it was renamed Odessa, now part of Ukraine, in 1795.