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TIL 10,000+ toddlers age 2-3 are being prescribed Ritalin and Adderall to treat behavioral disorder

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1jg8 TIL: More than two-thirds of the DNA-cleared homicide cases documented by the Innocence Project were caused by false confessions.
nW8eP TIL Sofia Coppola was so adamant that she only wanted Bill Murray to play movie star Bob Harris in Lost In Translation, she personally sent him his $2 million salary even though he hadn't signed a contract & they hadn't spoken since their first meeting. He showed up 1 week before the scheduled start
grM9A TIL The Catholic Church has paid out over $3bn in the US to settle various abuse lawsuits
LkD7V TIL About “The King who ate himself to death”- King Adolf Frederick of Sweden died after eating a meal consisting of lobster, caviar, sauerkraut, kippers and champagne, which was topped off with 14 servings of his favourite dessert: hetvägg made of semla and served in a bowl of hot milk.
v1OpR TIL; When Intel employee Bill Gaede offered rival AMD stolen company secrets in 1995, rather than taking the opportunity to get ahead, they informed Intel and the authorities, leading to his arrest.