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TIL Most people have a tendency to underestimate the severity of potential punishments, which can make it difficult to effectively deter crimes

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ADwG4 TIL that Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter (pictured) drew artistic inspiration from hallucinations that he experienced while taking psychedelic drugs in a program covertly sponsored by the CIA
A8og TIL Before Chernobyl, the Soviets had another massive nuclear disaster which contaminated over 20,000 square km. The area was turned into a preserve to cover up the accident. The CIA knew of the accident, but also covered it up in order to protect the fledgling US nuclear industry from hysteria.
rR55M TIL that Iceland’s SWAT unit (the closest thing they have to an army), is called “The Viking Squad”
OG9dg TIL that olives can cause cats to become playful and excited because they contain a compound called nepetalactone, which can also be found in catnip.
695E7 TIL at one point the sport of Jai Alai was a gambling alternative to horse and greyhound racing in the US and grew a following in Florida. Today only one fronton, the arena in which it's played, remains in the state.