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TIL that despite rising US government spending on the Drug War, opiate production has increased by 380%, Heroin has gotten cheaper and more potent, Crystal Meth and Oxycodone abuse has exploded, and the HIV pandemic has accelerated in underground environments like prison

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514p TIL Chinese sledgehammers have a flexible handle to increase strike velocity and reduce handle reverberation for the user.
0Dej TIL that police in the UK give confiscated lights used for growing cannabis to sports teams with a large pitch/field to help grow the grass faster
RxyQ TIL that 84% of vegetarians go back to eating meat or other animal products.
aw0bb TIL that in 1997 three boys in war- torn Sierre Leone were on the brink of starvation, when they spotted a single yam under a tree. They desperately went to dig it up, but when they did they discovered a 100 carat diamond underneath.
dD4oQ TIL about rescue buoys used in the English channel in WWII. Designed to provide shelter for the pilots or crew of aircraft shot down or forced to make an emergency landing over water, they contained food, cigarettes, liquor, flares and even board games to pass the time.