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TIL the DEA updated/clarified some rules & regs for controls including C2 transfers

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OolVX TIL the term "Hands Down" comes from the world of horse racing, where a jockey cruising to an easy victory would loosen the reigns and drop his hands, thus winning "Hands Down".
XErDR TIL that thanks to new DNA technology and better evacuation tactics, there have been zero "unknown" soldiers from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In World War II there were 8,526.
PYBRn Today I learned that Count von Count from Sesame Street has hypnotic powers, but only used them in two episodes.
ep4A5 TIL: "Oreology" and Oreologist" are actual scientific terms. which studies the flows and fractures of Oreos and whether they can be evenly split in a way that the creme filling is equal. PhD candidates even invented an "Oreometer". The study led people to be familiar with rheology, the actual field.
D1dng TIL that former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak (Served 2008-2013) is currently serving a 15-year term in prison, and has been forced to pay $11.5m in fines. He was convicted on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuses of power, namely taking a bribe to pardon the chairman of Samsung.