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TIL that 52% of retired NFL players used prescription painkillers during football games, ¾ths of that said they abused them. 63% said the pills came from a non-medical source.

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xVmMB TIL the Bank of America used to be called the Bank of Italy
xANg TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks only 18 lines in ‘The Terminator’ and less than 100 words in total.
kkDg TIL that the Rhinoceros Party of Canada campaigned for such ideas as repealing the law of gravity, and tearing down the Rocky Mountains so that Albertans could see the Pacific sunset.
LeZZ TIL: Halden Prison in Norway is a maximum-security prison. It was created with a focus on rehabilitation that is reflected in its design. Its design is projected to help inmates reintegrate into society easily by simulating life outside the prison. It has been called the world’s most humane prison.
7aRX TIL the US Department of Justice and the National Institute of Justice reported in 2004 that the effects of renewing the 1994 assault weapon ban might be “too small for reliable measurement” because “[assault weapons] were rarely used in gun crimes even before the ban”.