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TIL That police shot a 92-year-old woman after getting a search warrant based off false information that she had sold an informant drugs. After shooting her, they planted drugs in her house. The entire Atlanta narcotics division was either tried and jailed or transferred because of this incident.

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xVLPw TIL high Facebook usage is directly linked to a higher depression rate and an overall decrease in life satisfaction.
0ZD5 TIL in 1964, a high school student in San Diego stayed awake for eleven days, demonstrating that sleep deprivation has little effect, other than the mood changes associated with tiredness. He currently holds the scientifically documented record for the longest period a human has gone without sleep.
l7e5 TIL that during prohibition, solid grape concentrate was sold with the warning message, “After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty days, because then it would turn into wine.”
nWkY TIL in Germany around 1923, banknotes had lost so much value that they were used as wallpaper
oRnEo TIL of the Octomom case of 2009, where a single mom was implanted with 12 embryos and gave birth to 8 babies (octuplets). They are currently the longest surviving octuplets ever. Ultimately her fertility doctor had his license revoked.