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GY5gg TIL Despite being only 13 percent of the population, African Americans make up nearly half (49 percent) of all wrongful convictions.
X04y6 TIL Jeremy Renner was unhappy with having to play Loki’s mind-controlled minion in the first Avengers movie and tried to kill off Hawkeye repeatedly
DQX4P TIL Childhood trauma is the template for addiction—any addiction. All addictions are attempts to escape the deep pain of the hurt child, attempts temporarily soothing but ultimately futile.
nWBjr TIL: 50 years ago, American TV reporter, Christine Chubbuck, committed suicide on live TV by shooting herself in the head.
N71l6 “Actually, in contrast to the cat, who is an obligate carnivore, dogs are omnivorous.