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TIL In Addition to the Well-Known Reading Disorders, There Are Also Writing Disorders

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w871 TIL the Placebo effect also works on dogs.
nWVYr TIL The first and last nationwide census of Afghanistan was conducted in 1979. Birth records have almost never been kept. The figures used for population and ethnic makeup are largely based on repetition and politics.
WkN0L TIL That Frank Sinatra regularly tipped waiters, busboys and chefs $100-200 each. However, he had a fearsome temper in restaurants. He would throw food against the wall if he didn’t like how it was prepared, and would throw drinks if he didn’t like how he was treated.
X9YP TIL there are “marijuana vending machines” in the United States which allow prescribed users to scan their fingerprints to acquire a medicinal dosage of marijuana.
vbDj TIL Gary Webb, an Investigative Reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, wrote a series of articles about CIA involvement in cocaine trafficking into the US. On December 10, 2004, Gary Webb was found dead in his apartment from two gunshot wounds to the head. His death was later ruled as a suicide.