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Today I learned that helping disadvantaged children does more to reduce homicide rates than being tough on crime.

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vPBd4 TIL that when Dana White and the Fertittas, purchased the UFC from its previous owners in 2001 for $2 million, they received only the brand name and an old octagon, other assets were already sold off including the domain name UFC.com which had been sold to a company named 'User Friendly Computers"
vPKEr TIL: The hubble space telescope, the international space station and many other famous spacecraft are technically still inside the earths atmosphere, often by hundreds of miles.
0wxvL TIL that most of Hawaii's male prison population are housed in Eloy, Arizona by contract. The guards must take a Hawaiian diversity training class.
6EvrJ TIL When a woman with breast implants is cremated, the implants will melt into "goo." It drips to the bottom of the furnace and needs to be cleaned up once cooled.
V6JD TIL a man once known as Sweden’s Hannibal Lecter was released from prison after authorities learned he was a manipulative liar and never actually killed, raped, or cannibalized anyone.