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TIL the average British person will spend a year of their life hungover

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0wxDM TIL Henry Rollins was once commissioned to help produce and record an album by Charles Manson.
jR6n TIL Awarding people money for doing well in IQ tests causes them to score better, $10 increased people’s score by 20 IQ points. IQ tests don’t just measure intelligence they also measure effort.
XE9xD TIL that the Guinness world-record holder for most balloons blown up in a hour had a childhood phobia of balloons
e006D TIL "Pulp Fiction" was originally rejected by TriStar, with them saying "This is the worst thing ever written. It makes no sense. Someone's dead and then they're alive. It's too long, violent, and unfilmable."
1anYD TIL that for over 100 years, Canada forced many Indigenous children to attend Residential schools away from their families years at a time. The quality of instruction was sub-par, many children were physically, sexually, and mentally abused, and at least 4000 children died in the school system.