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TIL that the person clinking glasses together in the Beatles song Yellow Submarine was Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones

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l7n41 TIL we don't know where Point Nemo is. The coordinates of the most remote spot in the ocean have only been calculated using published coastline datasets. No one has ever taken GPS readings at the three closest land points to Point Nemo which is what it would take to calculate it precisely.
XEeXD TIL about The Delancey Street Foundation a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that provides residential rehabilitation services and vocational training for substance abusers and convicted criminals. You earn your GED and are taught 3 marketable skills. It has a 90% success rate
4XAm6 TIL: General Motors hired Prostitutes to discredit Ralph Nader
E1Pwd TIL Suicides went up 10 percent across the U.S. in the four months after actor Robin Williams too his own life.
5aBQ TIL that a growing body of research shows that resisting repeated temptations takes a mental toll. Some experts liken willpower to a muscle that can get fatigued from overuse.