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TIL damage to your frontal lobe can lead to a condition called Witzelsucht: the urge to make puns and jokes at inappropriate times.

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OonX1 TIL that child psychologist Connell Watkins simulated a “rebirth” on Candice Newmaker. After 70 minutes the girl was found dead from suffocation. Only 7 years of prison were served.
4rlN TIL Supermarket Costco cashiers make on average $20 an hour and are happier than facebook employees…
P1K1O TIL The Secret Service that protects the U.S. President used to be part of the Department of the the Treasury. Their original mission was to stop the spread of counterfeit money, a function which they still serve today.
X05aP TIL L/CPL Roy M. Wheat, A US Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action that occured on August 11, 1967 in Vietnam when he dived on an exploding mine in a jungle in Quang Nam Province, saving 2 fellow Marines from injury and certain death. He was 20 years old.
J1RO1 TIL about the Torino Scale, a tool used to determine the likelihood of an asteroid impact with Earth.