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TIL: At least 15 repeat sex offenders in California have asked for surgical castration as a way of avoiding indefinite incarceration.

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Amxl TIL: Frequent marijuana use during one’s adolescent years (13-20) was associated with an average loss of 8 IQ points during mid adult-hood.
E1PnP TIL Marcel Marceau, perhaps the world’s most famous mime, was a Jewish member of the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation of France. His own father had perished in Auschwitz. He used his skills as a mime to help keep children quiet while the Resistance smuggled them to safety.
LlVV TIL Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone. It was originally invented by Antonio Meucci, however he could not afford the $10 to renew his ‘impending patent’. Alexander filed a patent for the idea and Antonio died before legal action could be taken.
RKMw TIL that Australia is the only Western country in the world to not have a Bill of Rights.