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TIL there is something called the “CSI effect”. Because of television crime dramas, jurors have unrealistic expectations of forensic science and investigation techniques

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wNJ1 TIL bananas are actually used for scale… for measuring radioactivity
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o6V7 TIL: While searching for Steve Fossett’s plane crash, at least 8 previously uncharted plane crashes were located.