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Z8Xmv TIL about Herbert Kleber, who pushed for evidence-based addiction treatment, not punishment and moralisms. This approach treated addiction as a medical condition instead of a failure of moral character, and helped prevent relapses, saving countless lives and transforming substance abuse treatment.
7N9M TIL the first male sex symbol in Hollywood was a Japanese actor, Sessue Hayakawa. While a student at the University of Chicago, he played quarterback for the football team and was once penalized for using jujitsu to bring down an opponent.
5Vg7R TIL Serial killer Ed Kemper practiced behavior modification on his cellmate in prison
LkRZ TIL that Helen Keller was a radical socialist and the FBI monitored her because of it
awPwJ TIL I learned there is a disco Star Wars theme.