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TIL high Facebook usage is directly linked to a higher depression rate and an overall decrease in life satisfaction.

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mQDx TIL In 2015, a tiny Tokyo restaurant with only 9 seats became the first ramen restaurant in the world to obtain a Michelin star.
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VMeWG TIL that Ritalin (Methylphenidate - which used to treat ADHD) is in the same class of drugs as Methamphetamine and acts in a largely similar way on the body (both are CNS stimulants), so a Ritalin overdose exhibits largely the same symptoms as an overdose on meth.
eOm4 TIL when Private 1st Class Edward H. Ahrens in WWII was found clutching a sword surrounded by 13 dead Japanese soldiers, his final words were “I guess they didn’t know I was a marine.”
0weWp TIL nearly all color laser printers code hidden metadata and tracking information into their printouts using hidden yellow dots. Originally designed to prevent counterfeit currency.