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TIL: A Diagonal Crease on the Earlobe Could Indicate an Increased Risk of Heart Disease, Known as Frank's Sign.

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Me46a TIL that Harry Connick Jr’s father, Henry Connick, unseated New Orleans DA Jim Garrison. Garrison famously was the only DA to bring anyone to trial for JFK’s assassination and was the focus of Oliver Stone’s film JFK.
n5Kd TIL That England and Wales don’t report murders as murders unless someone is convicted. The US could drop its murder rate by half if it used the same method.
xGe5 TIL of the Japanese monster Betobeto-San, which follows behind people at night making the sound of footsteps. It is not dangerous, and can be escaped simply by standing to the side and saying “After you, Betobeto-san.”
1aWeD TIL in response to the moral panic surrounding violent video games, Penn & Teller released “Desert Bus” for the Sega CD. In the game, you drive a bus going 45 MPH from Tuscon to Las Vegas in a straight line for 8 hours.
wLWo8 TIL during 9/11 nearly 500,000 people were transported out to safety by boat in 9 hours, compared to Dunkirk which saved 300,000 troops in three days