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TIL A study on theft has indicated that most thieves are active only for a short period of time and make very little money at it. In fact, theft looks not so much like a way of getting free stuff or money as a stage some people experience in adolescence — and most grow out of it.

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OG6jX TIL There have not yet been any major medical emergencies in space, but astronauts are trained to deal with them. ISS astronauts have developed a way to perform CPR in zero gravity by bracing their legs on the ceiling while pushing down on the patient on the floor below
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nEBr TIL that when a dignitary complained to President Theodore Roosevelt about Alice Roosevelt (his daughter) smoking on top of the White House, Roosevelt replied, “I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.”
X5Zj TIL that the reason the Super Bowl has big-name performers is because in 1992 Fox counter programmed Super Bowl XXVI’s halftime. NFL brought Michael Jackson in for 1993 (XXVII) and have had huge artists ever since.