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TIL that some depression may be caused by a parasite in the brain.

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1VaX TIL 90% of the world has been invaded by Britain at some point in history
Y1Vd TIL that most mermaid “sightings” were most likely manatees, dugongs, or Steller’s sea cows. In fact, Christopher Columbus spotted 3 manatees near the Dominican Republic and would later write that mermaids are “not half as beautiful as they are painted.”
kOnve TIL cows and humans have very similar reproductive systems.
8ekxG TIL that the Oiseau Canari- the first French built and crewed plane to cross the Atlantic- carried an American stowaway
p8aEA TIL in 1951, 650 British soldiers were being overwhelmed by 10,000 Chinese. When an American general asked for a status update, a brigadier responded "things are a bit sticky down there." No help was sent and almost all of the troops were killed because the general did not get the understatement.