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TIL Dr. Donald Unger received an Ig Nobel Prize in 2009 for cracking only the fingers on his left hand for sixty years to see if the habit contributed to arthritis – it didn’t.

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kOYxB TIL: In 2005 a company named SeaCode wanted to anchor a cruise ship three miles off the coast of Los Angeles, and fill it with up to 600 foreign programmers. The idea was to eliminate visa restrictions, and avoid U.S. labor laws.
R7oj6 TIL A scientific study found starting high school one hour later than usual allowed students to sleep more than half an hour more, and was associated with reduced sleepiness and increased academic performance.
PYMlw TIL deaf schizophrenics hallucinate a disembodied hand signing when they "hear voices"
6EwpZ TIL Research from Michigan State University is one of the first to identify common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per year.
ANO97 TIL that Saudi Arabia won the World Cup for the mentally disabled 4x in a row