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TIL Portugal Cut Addiction Rates in Half by Connecting Drug Users With Communities Instead of Jailing Them

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jNPwp TIL that a man was found guilty of an unsolved murder by tattooing the murder scene on his chest
kJO4m TIL that chocolate is crystalline and therefore has six phases (different ways of arranging crystals). This is important for the production of glossy, brittle, melt-in-mouth-not-in-hand tempered chocolate.
78ZXr TIL the Supreme Court overturned a ban on 'virtual child porn' back in 2002.
JYDdv TIL about The Poseidon, or Status-6 Multipurpose System, which is a Russian nuclear-powered underwater drone capable of creating half-kilometer tall tsunamis with a 200 megaton nuclear blast. The Russian Navy has already ordered the construction of 30 such devices.
N47J TIL during the Rugby World Cup final a New Zealand player had his scrotum torn open level a testicle exposed in a tackle that also cost him 4 teeth. He had it replaced back and stitched up by the physio then returned to play only to be knocked out. He has no recollection of the game.