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bea0 TIL several European countries prescribe free heroin to addicts in order to improve there “social and health situation” while “significantly reduce[ing] costs incurred by trials, incarceration, health interventions and delinquency.”
yVgb8 TIL that Australia is wider than the moon. NASA states that the moon's equatorial diameter stretches 3,476 km, while Australia's is 4,000 km. But if we consider their total land area, the moon (37.94 million square kilometers) is larger than the continent (7.69 million square kilometers).
ne8Pr TIL about The Fregoli syndrome - a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise. The patients are often paranoid they're being persecuted by the person they believe is in disguise.
wW8W TIL Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Retired From the Supreme Court to Take Care of Her Husband With Alzheimer’s. Shortly After Forgetting His Family, He Fell in Love With Another Woman at the Nursing Home. Instead of Sad, O'Connor was “thrilled,” He Was No Longer Spending His Days in Depression.
8nKK TIL As of May 2015, 2.3 Million Americans still subscribed to AOL Dial Up Internet.