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TIL According to one study, contrary to popular belief, violent video games actually reduce real life violent crime. Researchers think these games may help preoccupy the few gamers with already existing violent tendencies and give them an outlet, so they are less likely to commit real world crimes.

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b9aA7 TIL Karl Dönitz became fuhrer after Hitler’s suicide, & his cabinet continued to have daily 10am meetings for about a month even though they had no power. They discussed how Germany should proceed after the war, despite the Allies showing absolutely no interest in adopting their plans
OobkX TIL of a South Korean illegal pornography ring that targets young women and minors; only a handful of the monsters affiliated with the group, including a K-Pop star, has been brought to "justice" and the rest's still on the loose.
xVgv5 TIL As president, Herbert Hoover became the first chief executive to harness federal power to combat a crippling global recession. Hoover reformed America’s prisons, improved worker safety, and fought for better health for children
ADNyd TIL Spree-killer Anders Breivik is thought to have “narcissistic decompensation”, which is when a narcissist takes a hit to their self-esteem, like being rejected by a peer group. Then they isolate themselves from collective thinking, and move into a paranoid disorder.
44Lb TIL that Wikipedia had to ban IP’s from Congress to stop them from changing each other’s entries.