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TIL That there have been nine different studies on DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and all agree that the program does nothing or worsens the problem

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4XWKb TIL That Super Foods are no better than locally grown products and can only hurt farmers and the ecology.
YpAXd TIL there is a 1,700 year old Ethiopian counterpart of the Rosetta Stone called the Ezana Stone. The inscription commemorates Ethiopian military victories and their conversion to Christianity in their native language Ge’ez, as well as ancient Greek and South Arabian Sabaen.
x01D TIL there’s a Scottish in-joke about the ‘wild haggis’. When polled, one third of US visitors to Scotland said they believed it was a real creature.
kJwa1 TIL that the T.V. show Archer had to re-name the characters' employer. At the start of the series the characters worked for "the International Secret Intelligence Service" (prominently called I.S.I.S. for short). When the Iraq occupation ended real world events gave the name an unwanted connotation.
yVkKV TIL about Saint-Malo, Brittany. This city on the French coast has some of the highest tides in Europe, rising as high as 40 feet during parts of the year, and the water withdrawing hundreds of yards. A sea wall, built in the 17th century, protects the city from the tides.