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TIL that modern violins were preferred over million-dollar Stradivarius violins when the sound tests were blind

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NDbE TIL that hitting a punching bag does not produce a cathartic effect: It increases rather than decreases subsequent aggression.
b618Q TIL that Harry Houdini died from a ruptured appendix, not a stunt.
epRl6 TIL that the Yellowstone Park "Zone of Death" is a legal loophole in a small part of Yellowstone Park. A man was tried for an elk's murder in the Idaho section. The Sixth Amendment guarantees a fair trial by a jury in the area, but no jury can be assembled as nobody lives there, making crimes legal
7BVO TIL that 1 in 4 people in Greenland have attempted suicide, making it the most suicidal country in the world
ADJ5B TIL a 3,000-acre wilderness wolf sanctuary in Frazier Park, CA helps heal military veterans who have treatment-resistent PTSD. Vets are paired with hurt, abandoned and exploited captive wolves/wolf-dog hybrids to tend to daily.