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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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4XWd5 TIL Even tho Saladin ruled a vast empire, encompassing all of the Levant, modern day Iraq, and parts of North Africa and Arabia, at the time of his death, he had no money left to pay for his funeral. He donated everything to the poor
xMYo TIL That the Sacramento Public Library started a “Library of Things” earlier this year, allowing patrons to check out, among other things, sewing machines and other items that patrons may find useful, but don’t need to own long-term.
4mrg TIL That the B-58 Hustler bomber did not have ejection seats, instead they had ejection capsules that would enclose the pilot into an egg-shaped capsule to allow a safer ejection at speeds up to Mach 2 and altitudes higher than 35,000 feet. Pilots with size 12 or higher shoes could lose their toes
Rxoj TIL fly ash emitted by a coal power plant carries 100 times more radiation into the surrounding enviornment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
w8NE TIL Bill Murray thinks the 2004 Hong Kong Comedy Kung Fu Hustle is “the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy”.