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TIL That there are estimated to be at least a minimum of 100 political prisoners in the United States

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ZpGlQ TIL Tsukuba Syndrome, a phenomenon where researchers in Tsukuba Science City, a research hub northeast of Tokyo, committed suicide in the 1970s-80s. The suicide rate was more than twice that of the general population. In late 1985, three people from the same lab took their lives within a month.
xPV7 TIL that NASA has begun work on a 3-D printer for the space station can can replicate food. It would be in essence, the replicator from Star Trek.
grd98 TIL U.S. President Grover Cleveland's granddaughter Philippa Foot is credited with inventing the thought experiment known as the Trolley Problem.
Ed8o TIL: at least 6 constitutional amendment proposals have been made this year to end corporate personhood, or limit corporate campaign spending.
5e78 TIL Liam Neeson was offered the role of James Bond in Goldeneye (1995) but turned down the role because he wasn’t interested in starring in action movies.