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TIL: NYC had to recall pencils with the message “Too Cool to Do Drugs” on them. As they were sharpened, they’d say “Cool to Do Drugs” and “Do Drugs”, etc.

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KOnY4 TIL that an estimated 25% of young adults in the U.S. have a fear of the slight pain caused by needles called trypanophobia, and that it may lead 16% of young adults in the U.S. to skip getting medical injections.
R7Px7 TIL There’s a Little-Known Part of Russian Territory in the Middle of the EU
LJg0 TIL in 1946 citizens ended corruption in their small Tennessee town by stealing guns from a National Guard armory, surrounding 50 cops in the town jail, and wounding dozens of officers with bullets and dynamite.
VMw8G TIL It's nearly impossible to read in your dreams due to the inactivity of those parts of the brain while asleep.
rbbd TIL Judge Judy Makes More Money than all 9 Supreme Court Justices Combined