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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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Z85bY TIL that wrestling commentator Jim Ross discovered that wrestler Owen Hart had died from a fall, only ten seconds before he had to notify viewers on television
y6Kl TIL That in October 2015 a dog named Trigger shot his owner in the foot.
RMK7 TIL that Bob Jones University Press sells “history” textbooks to hundreds of thousands of homeschooled kids, teaching them that gays are on-par with rapists, the Trail of Tears was a good thing, the KKK was just a “reform movement”, etc.
b96p TIL that a Japanese porno called The Naked Continent Charity Project, which depicts pornstars travelling to villages in developing and having sex with natives, donated $10,000 and donates $10 for every DVD sold, to a charity that helps orphans in western Kenya.
b9vlZ TIL that Glenn Shadix, the actor who played Otho in Beetlejuice, was subjected to “ex gay” electrical shock treatments when he came out to his parent. When this failed to change his orientation, he attempted suicide and survived a 3 day coma. After the incident, his parents accept ed his sexuality.