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TIL a 2015 literature review by Wayne Hall showed Cannabis use doubled the risk of car accidents, doubled the risk of cognitive impairment and psychosis during adolescence, and had a dependence rate of 1 in 10

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JNMk TIL that in “The Empire Strikes Back”, director George Lucas used Norwegian mountain rescue skiers as Echo Base troops on Hoth. To thank them for their participation, Lucasfilm made a large donation to the Norwegian Red Cross.
nWaAP TIL the term Guerrilla Warfare was coined during the Peninsula War (Napoleon era - 1807-1814) and is a reference to the Spanish word "guerrilla" (little war) which was used to refer to the partisans fighting against the French.
4lyR TIL Sting took 1 million dollars to perform a private gig for the dictator of Uzbekistan - a man who boiled his enemies alive.
O6Z7 TIL a Chernobyl fireman who claimed they didn’t know that the Chernobyl meltdown flames were radioactive, 20 years later said “Of course we knew! If we’d followed regulations, we would never have gone near the reactor. But it was a moral obligation – our duty. We were like kamikaze.”
B9AK TIL The last surviving member of the crew that bombed Hiroshima hosted Japanese students at his home and commented “The Japanese you know today are not the Japanese we fought during WW2. The Japanese today are nice people.”