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TIL Paramount Studios approved Jackass 3D after seeing test footage of Chris Pontius’ penis tethered to a remote-controlled helicopter

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e604 TIL Europeans who are descended from survivors of the Black Death and smallpox can have an immunity to HIV/AIDS.
VkjQ TIL that 49% of people with mental illness have no close relationships, while 13% have not been touched in at least a year. (The study was done by SANE Australia.)
mx80x Americans waste a lot of food — about 133 billion pounds a year, or roughly one-third of all the food produced in the U.S.
ADLDa TIL Tomomasa Nakagawa, a former doctor sentenced to death in 2011 for his involvement in VX and sarin attacks, including the 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo’s subway system, determined that Kim Jong Nam was attacked with VX before the announcement from Malaysian authorities.
lomwr TIL Nudge Theory is a method of influencing behavior of groups or individuals that uses indirect suggestions to achieve non-forced compliance. It's so widely used, governments around the world have setup "Nudge units" to influence public thinking and decision making.