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TIL AA is more effective for becoming and maintaining sobriety than other interventions or no intervention at all

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QNkMM TIL about the "Mosquito Device" a special alarm invented in 2005. The device prevents young people from gathering in public spaces by emitting a dangerously high-frequency sound that is intentionally tuned to be heard primarily by younger people.
PYrPn TIL that the Soviet Union tried to calm down the Vietnam War
Y7ZjZ TIL that The nucleus is very small compared to the size of the atom. As an analogy, if the atom where the size of a baseball stadium, then the nucleus would be smaller than a baseball, perhaps closer to the size of a ping pong ball. Most of atom is, in fact, empty space.
mYGv TIL that in 1972 a radio was designed that ‘sneezed’ every 6 months in order to protect the microprocessors from dust.
7rbYX TIL: Pheromone in baby mouse tears makes female mice less interested in sex.