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TIL about the Woozle Effect, which occurs when frequent citation of previous publications that lack evidence misleads individuals, groups, and the public into thinking or believing there is evidence, and nonfacts become urban myths and factoids.

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17d7 TIL You have the right to resist an unlawful arrest, upto and including the killing of an arresting officer. And this right has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
gGnb TIL the North and South Poles have no official time zones. In the North, countries which have research stations follow their respective countries’ times. The South Pole has only one research station (US-owned), and they use New Zealand time because researchers fly in from Christchurch.
GYXlE TIL Shel Silverstein, the children's book author, wrote the song, "A Boy Named Sue", which was then made popular by Johnny Cash
ZP5o TIL that Diesel therapy is a form of punishment in which prisoners are shackled and then transported for days or weeks. It has been described as “the cruelest aspect of being a federal inmate.”
kogm TIL that 53% of infants born in America are on food stamps