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TIL Scared Straight programs are not only ineffective, studies show that they produce substantial increases in criminal relapse.

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QNvXX TIL During the Truman reconstruction of the White House, a souvenir program was authorized. It allowed members of the public to order old pieces of the building such as timbers, bricks, facing stones, and paneling. Demand exceeded initial expectations and receipts exceeded expenses by $10,000.
lnba TIL: A Detroit musician living in poverty didn’t know that in South Africa, he was more popular than the Beatles.
a8A4M TIL Villagers in Tana Toraja (Indonesia) place dead babies inside hollows of living trees where their bodies are gradually absorbed over the years.
l7Z1 TIL Goldman Sachs owned 16% of the biggest forum for sex trafficking of under-age girls in the United States for more than six years and sat on the company’s board for 4.
xVMW7 TIL Ulysses S. Grant invested his own money in his son's firm, but it was not enough to save the firm from failure. Essentially penniless, but compelled by a sense of personal honor, Grant repaid Vanderbilt with his Civil War mementos. The matter left Grant financially destitute.