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TIL that a high school in Baltimore has implemented mindfulness in their school and they have seen a dramatic decrease in suspensions and fights and an increase in attendance and GPA by replacing things like detention with a Mindful Moment Room.

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JY11m TIL approximately 80000 Americans who were born in the last 50 years have contracted or will contract cancer as a result of American nuclear tests conducted in Nevada and the Pacific ocean. Soviet tests in Kazakhstan, eastern Russia. French tests in the Pacific and British tests at Christmas Island
0dbPv TIL that claw machines are believed to have originated in the United States in the 1890s, when they were made to resemble the machines that built the Panama Canal.
DQYXY TIL: A family of 12 performers, 7 of whom were dwarves, all survived Auschwitz after being separated by Mengele. Several prisoners who survived claimed they believed they were hallucinating when they saw seven well-dressed dwarves passing by.
RoMQ TIL that Indian war chief “Rain-in-the-face” told General Custer before the Battle of Little Big Horn that “he would find him on the battlefield, rip his heart out, and eat it in front of him.” Long story short, he did.
YpNBW TIL that Steven Van Zandt, guitarist with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, originally auditioned for the lead role of Tony in The Sopranos. HBO didn't think he would work as a lead since he never acted before, so creator David Chase wrote him Sylvio Dante, a character that Steven had created.