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TIL of the Dead Cat Strategy, where politicians deliberately make a shocking announcement to divert media attention from other areas or problems

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wLMrM TIL that in the US 2x4 timber isn't 2x4, it's nominally 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches due historical practices in the lumber industry. And hardwood is different again and sold in board feet.
e0gYg TIL There has been documentation of 210 children who 1. remembered a past life, 2. the deceased person was identifiable, and 3. the child had birth defects which matched the deceased person’s death wounds
9Md7 TIL the word “palindrome” isn’t “palindrome” spelled backwards, but “palindrome” spelled backwards is “emordnilap”, which is a real word that represents any word that when spelled backwards makes a new word - such as “time” and “emit” - so “emordnilap palindrome” is an emordnilap palindrome
nWWe7 TIL in 1966, Dr Cyril Wecht was the first person to discover that President JFK's brain had gone missing from the National Archives after his official autopsy at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland, 1963. The chief pathologist in Kennedy’s autopsy later admitted he destroyed autopsy notes.
Xp1j TIL There are hundreds of safe ride programs across the nation that you can utilize tonight (list of phone numbers and locations)