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TIL within 1 hour after using cocaine, the risk of getting a heart attack is elevated 24 times.

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rpno TIL The Boston Miracle resulted in a 79% drop in youth homicides in the 1990s after juvenile handgun homicides more than tripled from 22 victims in 1987 to 73 victims in 1990. A young youth pastor, Rev. Jeffrey Brown, simply went into the streets and listened to gang members problems.
8aapZ TIL In 1947, the United States government offered Henderson, NV for sale as war surplus.
0wn5v TIL the UK's Secret Intelligence Service is said to train secret agents in field operations at a star-shaped 1700's castle called Fort Monckton. It is known as No.1 Military Training Establishment & is guarded by razor wire, high intensity lighting & an "in-house" security staff.
oB9KE TIL that Oxford University tradition is that all students wear a carnation as well as academic dress to their exams. The colour of the carnation is white for the first exam, red for the last and pink for each one in between.
OBZa TIL There is evidence of seas of liquid diamond on Neptune.