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TIL some triathletes pee while riding their bike to minimize wasted time.

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y9Ll Til: In Richman California, there is a program in place that pays gang members to be on good behavior. The program even sets up vacations with rival gang members together. The murder rate has gone down 77% since the program started.
4Xw9R TIL: It’s impossible to develop schizophrenia if you are born blind, but if you become blind later in life your chances of developing schizophrenia are increased
NwRJ TIL that people without light stimulation from the sun (i.e. in a cave) tend to have a 48 hour sleep-wake cycle
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