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TIL that a study of U.S federal courts found that on the Monday after the switch to Daylight Saving Time, when people lose sleep, judges gave sentences of on average 5% longer than normal

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9r7Q TIL there is an American charity that pays drug addicts roughly $300 to get sterilized.
D7pY TIL Burger King is called Hungry Jack’s in Australia because when they began to expand operations to the country they found out ‘Burger King’ was already trademarked by a take-away food shop in Adelaide.
7rG9X TIL Steven Spielberg wanted to make the (1999) Medal of Honor game to teach kids about World War II. who couldn't see Saving Private Ryan because of its R rating.
GAPaE TIL In the first ever modern olympics, there were 169 Greek athletes and 14 American athletes. US still won more gold.
dDk7E TIL: Fallopian Tubes and Ovaries are NOT directly connected in humans and have a gap between them