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TIL people suffering borderline or moderate depression more accurately interpret reality.

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R5r47 TIL blowing game cartridges never really fixed anything
mxe6v TIL about Izecksohn's Brazilian Tree Frog, the only known frugivorous (fruit-eating) frog
epAZg TIL that the creators of Howdy Doody and Lamb Chop died 3 days of each other.
xVDg1 TIL that, since ascending the throne, Queen Elizabeth does not accept any honorary degrees, as this would technically place her under the jurisdiction of the chancellor of whichever university had bestowed the degree, a position deemed unsuitable for a reigning monarch.
WkwlL TIL the female backing volalist on the Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter", Merry Clayton, was pregnant when summoned to the recording studio late at night, and suffered a miscarriage a few hours after strenously singing the famous line "Rape, murder! It's just a shot away! It's just a shot away!"