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TIL that gambling is an effective treatment for cocaine addiction and has a higher success rate than 28-day-rehab clinics an 12-step meetings.

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Or8a TIL Bing Crosby was a lifelong golfer. He died at the age of 74 immediately after finishing 18 holes. His last words were reportedly “That was a great game of golf, fellas.”
k694 TIL the linux OS “Ubuntu” has a Christian edition with special softwares for catholics. There is also a satanic edition with free metal music
M7ebA TIL of a laptop called the Persistence of Chaos which was sold for $1,345,000 in 2019 despite being unable to connect to the internet and being full of viruses.
kJ7dm TIL some frogs in South/Central America have the rare ability to become nearly transparent when they're sleeping but look opaque reddish-brown when hopping around. Using light and ultrasound imaging technology they found the frogs concentrate their blood in their liver, draining them of most color.
OAG7 TIL: That Tupac’s last words, when asked by the police who shot him, were “Fuck you.”