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TIL that Cannabis users appear to be less aware of unhealthy relationship strategies they may use with their partners when discussing a conflict, according a study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence.

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9k4D TIL a Japanese death cult may have built Tesla’s deathray and tested it in Australia
j6p4M TIL about Mortimer Taube, a pioneer in information and library sciences, whose "Computers and Common Sense: The Myth of Thinking Machines" (1961) and its analysis/critique of "thinking machines" is still relevant to today's discussions involving artificial intelligence
Qk5k TIL that many years ago a Sultan decreed that the cats in Istanbul were to be protected because they ate rats and mice. The people were to feed them and not harm them. And even to this day, the people still obey the Sultan’s order. This is why Istanbul is called the cat capital of Europe.
l4g7 TIL Victor Salva, the director of “Powder” and the “Jeepers Creepers” series (which has a 3rd coming soon), spent 15 months of a 3-year sentence for molesting the 12-year-old star of his film “Clownhouse”.
4kvXX TIL that some birds, particularly penguins, possess a supraorbital gland around their eye sockets that removes salt from their bloodstream, enabling them to safely drink seawater.