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TIL humans struggle to understand true randomness

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9RvX TIL giant rats have been trained to sniff out land mines in Africa. In Mozambique, they have already been instrumental in the removal of 13,000 mines, helping reclaim 1,100 hectares of land
KORJ TIL that the women of Utah gained the right to vote 50 years before the U.S. itself, in 1870. But since Utah women voted in ways favorable to polygamy, the U.S. Congress revoked this right in 1887.
ojxL TIL Bill Murray was apparently forced to promote the new Ghostbusters movie under threat of lawsuit (according to leaked Sony emails)
OoAaL TIL that charity sky dives - on average - cost more money for the health service than they make. Each pound raised for charity cost the NHS £13.75 in return due to injuries picked up by people doing charity sky dives.
yxkp TIL 3 scientific papers were published because of new knowledge gained about black holes in the rendering of scenes for the movie Interstellar