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TIL that "Scared Straight" programs actually have the opposite effect and my even increase delinquent and criminal behavior

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PmaE TIL that MIT has developed a super-fast camera that takes a trillion shots per second. This camera can capture light as it travels
mD4M TIL The Canadian government put more than 6 million dollars into the show ‘Vikings’
Lk7yd TIL NASA operates an online interactive 3D map of the solar system with planets and other celestial objects.
dy18 TIL that Oxford University is so old, one of its contituent colleges called “New College” was established in 1379.
7rK57 TIL that when Pope Benedict XI (1302) decided to hire a painter, he sent a messenger to Florence, Italy to collect a sample from Giotto. Giotto drew a perfect circle and handed it to the messenger, instructing him to bring it to the Pope. When the pope learned it was done freehand, he hired Giotto.