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TIL That the largest casino in the world is in Oklahoma

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rQmW TIL the average high school kid today has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950’s
9V56 TIL the creation of Daft Punk’s name originated from a British journalist calling their original band, Darlin’, “a bunch of daft punk”. The third member of Darlin’, not liking the new more-electronic vibe, left and formed the band Phoenix.
OoO6Y TIL having shot a man in the head, Andrew Lyons's lawyer argued for manslaughter. The victim died when a surgeon transplanted the heart from the brain-dead victim: Andrew's bullet wasn't fatal. Following the case California issued a law allowing surgeons to transplant organs from brain-dead patients
e0xM4 TIL of May Bradford, a Red Cross volunteer during WWI who wrote over 25,000 letters and notes, an average of 12 a day, for wounded soldiers who were too ill or too uneducated to write to their family. She also sat with the injured and dying and considered herself to be a surrogate mother to them.
e9Qb TIL: World of Beer has an internship, called “Drink it Interns,” that pays $12,000 for four months to travel, drink beer and write about it. Plus all travel paid for!