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TIL a 13 year old girl from Louisiana is working to be a crew member on a Mars One.

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Wm1B TIL the SAT was adapted to fit an American “Common Core” education. Logic-based word problems for math were replaced with clear equations, arcane vocabulary was replaced with common words from the workplace, multiple choices were simplified from 5 choices to 4, and the essay portion is now optional.
Q9DE TIL there are approximately 5 million alligators in the U.S.
OGjBa TIL: During WWII, the British used a dead body with fake documents to trick the Nazis into defending the wrong location, leading to the successful invasion of Sicily.
R7Gyl TIL That excessive caffeine ingestion leads to symptoms that overlap with those of many psychiatric disorders. In psychiatric in-patients, caffeine has been found to increase anxiety, hostility and psychotic symptoms.
W9Eo TIL that the kid from “Hook” staring Robin Williams might just be the most successful former child actor. He has a physics degree from MIT, worked for the US government on missile defense, has a law degree, and is currently a law professor at a top notch law school, plus so much more.