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TIL 1 in 5 inmates in US jail are mentally ill

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m1DAM TIL that the most emotionally intelligent person I know doesn’t speak and never has.
7r7xP TIL the air around lightning can get up to 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. 5x hotter than the sun’s surface
nDGb TIL Irrational numbers are called irrational because they aren’t ratio-nal (they can’t be described as a ratio or fraction)
wLAv6 TIL new American quarters will have bats.
ReE4 TIL While studying late, 1905 Brahmin (priest class) students of Madras (South India) used to tie their hair to a nail in the wall to keep themselves from dosing off.