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TIL about the Deccan Traps and their major role in the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event

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PXVV TIL that until as recently as 2013, isolated human genes could be patented by private entities. This allowed the entities to prevent related medical research or testing to be conducted.
4XX4w TIL Terry Gross from NPR's Fresh Air does all her interviews in a dark room and they are not face to face , or often even in the same state
Kxy6 TIL in 1962, investor Warren Buffett agreed to selling shares of a failing company for $11.50 per share. The tender offer was for only $11.375, so Buffett decided to buy more stock, took control of the company and fired the man who made the offer.
9w8mr TIL “Scared Straight” interventions are ineffective and may in fact increase delinquency relative to no treatment at all
9YwED TIL Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is so riddled with drugs even the rats overdose.