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TIL of Vladimir Bukovsky, who spent a total of 12 years in psychiatric hospitals, labour camps, and prisons of the Soviet Union. During his time in prison he co-wrote a manual instructing victims of political psychiatry how to behave during interrogation to avoid being diagnosed as mentally ill.

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6EgJQ Jupiter is made of mostly hydrogen and helium gas. So, trying to land on it would be like trying to land on a cloud here on Earth. There's no outer crust to break your fall on Jupiter. Just an endless stretch of atmosphere. The big question, then, is: Could you fall through one end of Jupiter and out the other? It turns out, you wouldn't even make it halfway.
ON7R TIL there are only 5 countries were suicide rate for women is higher than men and they are China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq and Indonesia
yQrPX TIL A Nintendo Attorney called John Kirby is the only man on earth allowed to name his sailboat Donkey Kong after winning a case against Universal over whether Donkey Kong was infringing copyright with King Kong. This case is considered to have saved Nintento during its growth in America.
5Yjjn TIL during the Rwandan genocide, Tutsi women were deliberately infected with HIV so that Tutsi population be controlled in the long term
p8Dp8 TIL about Teddy Houlston, the world's youngest organ donor. Born with a terminal condition, Teddy lived for only 100 minutes. Teddy's donated kidneys saved the life of an adult with renal failure.