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TIL Google Maps Help Predict Meth Labs… Before They Open!

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Y4JB TIL the ancient greeks had a system where every citizen could vote to exile any politician for 10 years - ostracism.
QJgAk TIL the founder of Dave's Killer Bread worked at his family's bakery as a kid and having suffered from depression and addiction committed crimes that led to a fifteen year sentence. He was released early and returned to the bakery to start his company. He now runs foundation called Second Chance.
1aoL7 TIL that people often ignore public fire alarms or fires that break out in front of them, hesitating to escape and denying any danger, because they are committed to finishing what they came to do, or they believe they have a role to be passive
rNDWe TIL that the first flashlight in 1899 could only run for 5 minutes before needing to allow its batteries to recover, and could only run for 30 minutes before it needed a battery replacement. Its output was about 1 lumen of brief flashes of light. It was used mostly by policemen and railway workers.
Yp0lW TIL Ken Jennings won over 3 million dollars with a 74 day win streak in Jeopardy.