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TIL: Duct tape should never be used for taping ducts

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r1Jd TIL A stone phallus weighing 2.2 tons was unearthed in rural Ohio.
b9Owj TIL that the infamous Kitty Genovese case that's often cited as an example of the bystander effect has been wildly exaggerated. The residents that heard her actually did call the police and a seventy year old woman went out to help her. Kitty Genovese died on her way to the hospital.
epBm6 TIL that President Theodore Roosevelt was an accomplished author by the time he was 23, writing "The Naval War of 1812", called a seminal work in the field and highly influential on the development of the modern U.S. navy
R5Mkl TIL: Viagra can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's by 70%
xAZD TIL an EPA Agent successfully pretended to be working for the CIA for 12 years so he could take days off without limitation, get reimbursed for vacations, and otherwise defraud the EPA.