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TIL David Lynch has a foundation for teaching transcendental meditation to "at-risk" populations such as students, the homeless, U.S. military veterans, African war refugees and prison inmates.

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neGlY TIL a man in 2002 found a way to crack the lottery in the US state of Michigan using math and probability. He figured out that if he bought a certain amount of tickets that he would certainly make a profit.
nWvlB TIL the singer of Peanut Butter Jelly Time committed suicide during an 11 hour police standoff, after his brother-in-law Snoop Dogg, tried to convince him to surrender.
gMbP4 TIL that “Hyborian War” is a play-by-mail fantasy game that’s been continuously running since 1985 set in the setting of Conan the Barbarian.
W7eb4 TIL that US Olympic swimmer Iris Cummings is not only the last surviving athlete of the 1936 games, she was a WASP pilot in World War II and flew fighter planes.
m5Ey TIL a 1996 school shooting in Dunblane, Scotland, was the catalyst for Britain’s handgun ban.