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TIL James Woods is recognised as one of the most intelligent people in the world and has an IQ of 180

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noNr TIL That 29% of L.A.’s air pollution comes from east asia
yVlAp TIL that in Nov. 1989 a man "with bulging pants" was stopped by Baltimore police for "walking oddly". The perp was found to have 21 live homing pigeons stuffed in his trousers.
xwXb TIL that the extra years on sentencing beyond death (e.g. “life without parole plus 1,000 years”) is both a symbolic way for a judge to condemn someone as truly guilty and console a victim, as well as a practical way to make it more difficult for someone to get out prison
GAXZ1 TIL that it is extremely difficult to measure (short) time scales
ADAy4 TIL there are enough saunas in Finland for the entire Finnish population to take a sauna at the same time.