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TIL more people die from drowning in deserts than from dehydration.

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1awV7 TIL of an illegal program, called ‘Project Mkultra’ , conducted by the CIA on American and Canadian human subjects, with the goal of developing drugs and procedures to force confessions through mind control, interrogation, and torture.
jN0QN TIL that the original "Planet of the Apes" was written in French, and only later translated into English.
Wogd TIL a study by Princeton sociologists on discrimination in university admissions concluded that on SATs, blacks had an advantage of +230 points, Hispanics +185, and athletes +200. Asians had a -50 handicap. To have the same odds of admission as a black student who scored 1110, Asians need a 1550.
d8Eor TIL that so many Soviets died during WWII that a Soviet male born in 1923 had just a 20% of surviving until his 23rd birthday.
0wRJy TIL that since the inception of Forbes “400 Richest Americans” list in 1982, only one man from said list has ever been convicted of murder: philanthropist and wrestling coach, John du Pont.