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TIL that media sensationalizes the 24-48 hour waiting period to report a missing person. In real life this doesn’t exist and the missing person can be reported immediately.

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GYPoJ TIL that in Taiwan, it is customary for condemned prisoners to leave a NT$500-$1000 (approx 17-$33 USD) tip for their executioner.
a8DKb TIL Exposure to neighborhood violence has also been found to prospectively predict high levels of peer-rated aggression for children living in impoverished communities
oB8Ro TIL Newspeak from "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is based on an actual language proposal - Basic English, a proposed easy-to-learn version of English with only 850 core words.
xVjEo TIL The introduction of iodine in table salt by the Morton Salt Company raised average IQ in the U.S. by 3.5 points
evBL TIL The advertising executive that first used sex appeal in ads was a female, and a member of the suffragette movement.