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TIL The producer of Sublime’s “Doin’ Time” sings part of the chorus, due to the death of their singer Brad Nowell

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Rx4j TIL of a house burglar who was caught because he took the decision to log on to Facebook using the victim’s computer and forgot to log off.
L4Om TIL that there is a scientific measurement for the ‘risk of death’ of any action: the micromort. If an activity is rated as one micromort, you would have a one in a million chance of dying while doing it. Running a marathon is ~7 micromorts, sky diving 10, and climbing Mount Everest 40,000!
9e5X TIL that Scientists replicated 100 Psychology studies, and fewer than half got the same results
wvdY TIL that research on DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) has largely shown it to be ineffective, and in many cases has increased teen drug use
VJ94 TIL, during a visit to Egypt in 2012, Hillary Clinton was pelted with tomatoes and shoes, while the protesters chanted “Monica, Monica”