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TIL Raven adolescents leave their homes to join gangs, showing increased stress levels, kind of like human teenagers

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XEd1Q TIL that Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam was smoking so much pot that he installed a fireman's pole in his home so he can get to his studio faster so he doesn't forget ideas for songs/lyrics he's creating.
Y77Gd TIL Based on the data from modern hunter-gatherer populations, it is estimated that at 15, life expectancy was an additional 39 years (total 54), with a 60% probability of reaching 15
4XBNR TIL that the standard "Briefcase Full of Money" in film is an aluminium Zero Halliburton. These briefcases have appeared in over 200 films and TV shows, and are also believed to hold the U.S. nuclear football
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