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TIL that the Los Angeles area basin is classified as a Mediterranean climate

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epyP5 TIL of the Glasgow effect, a term which refers to the lower life expectancy of residents of the Scottish city compared to the rest of the UK and Europe. Some hypotheses for this effect include stress, especially in childhood, leading to ill health; violent gang culture; and rate of premature births.
4XypX Til actor Ed Helms had open heart surgery at 14 years old
x660b TIL about Chesterton's Fence, i.e. the principle that you should not make reforms to a system without first understanding the current state of affairs present in that system.
wD1P TIL That despite its fairly strong cult following, “Scott Pilgrim vs The World” fell nearly $10 million dollars short of its $85 million dollar budget - even after DVD & Blu-Ray sales.
oBvG7 TIL after the Portland Police Chief said drug suspects have "no right to privacy" regarding warrantless searches of their curbside trash, journalists took his trash and published what they found