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TIL Woody Harrelson’s father was an organised crime figure who, in 1982, confessed to the assassination of JFK.

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WkD4Y TIL that doctors have the highest suicide rate of any profession, more than double the rate of the general population, and psychiatry is near the top in terms of suicide rates - with many doctors who have mental health issues reluctant to seek professional help because of the fear of stigma
KjK6 TIL in June 1979, there was a record in the billboard top 100 called Ready N steady by D.A. This record is so rare to find that people are questioning it’s existence. This is called a case of “phantom recording”
X0goX TIL that according to the National Registry of Exonerations in the United States, 27% of those on the registry who were accused of homicide, but were later exonerated, gave false confessions. 81% of people with mental illness or intellectual disabilities also confessed when accused of homicide.
aKNZ TIL school teachers have been using red ink to correct assignments for at least 3900 years
W7L08 TIL PCP/Angel Dust was used as an anesthetic medication for humans and animals up until the '60s