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TIL that a man living in a high crime area of Oakland, CA put out a tiny statue of Buddha in an attempt to stop illegal dumping on his property. The tiny Buddha began getting worshipped by local Vietnamese residents, and eventually crime in the area went down 82%
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TIL Asimov’s concept of “psychohistory” (predicting the course of history using statistical mathematics) is now a real field of study called “cliodynamics”.
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TIL alcohol is the fastest and most effective antidote if a person has consumed ethylene glycol(main ingredient in anti-freeze)
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TIL that, despite their reputation, it is actually EXTREMELY RARE for an opossum to have rabies because their body temperature is too low for rabies to survive and replicate well.
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TIL that Daredevil and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were created by the same canister of ooze, in the same road accident