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TIL Punishment Does Not Make Psychopaths Improve Their Behavior

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LQRgQ TIL the day after Robin Williams' suicide was announced, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline saw the highest number of calls in a single day in its history with 7,500 (twice the normal number).
m1Eop TIL that Income and Emotional well-being are positively correlated until you make $240,000 / year
YpQvv TIL that some, but not all, horses have canine teeth. The males normally have a full set of 4, whereas fewer than 28% of the females may only have 1 or 2.
WkWJN TIL Chuck Yeager enlisted as private, was an aircraft mechanic before becoming a pilot, got shot down over France but escaped, had 11.5 aerial victories, broke the sound barrier and multiple speed records as a test pilot, and retired from the US Air Force after 34 years as a brigadier general.
e0Abg TIL that a Spanish double agent, Juan Pujol Garcia got medals for spying from both Nazi Germany and the British Empire. He ran a fake spy network in London for Germany and recruited 27 fictitious agents all on German dime to provided them with fake intelligence during WW2.