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TIL that Joycelyn Elders, the Surgeon General who was fired for suggesting the teaching of masturbation as a prevention of risky sexual activity in younger people also suggested that drug legalization would reduce crime.

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0d9AL TIL that a depressed teen convinced his friend, using six made-up online characters, to kill him. Totaling over 56,000 lines of text, he told his him that his reward would be money, a job as a British secret service agent and sex with a middle-aged spy.
b9KwQ TIL Dogs and Cats Cause Over 80,000 Serious Fall Injuries in the US Per Year
E1ogP TIL that candy canes were originally developed by a German choirmaster to keep children quiet during church services.
yDAp TIL that while suffering from severe alcoholism, Craig Ferguson decided to commit suicide by jumping off the London Tower Bridge. As he was leaving for the bridge, a friend offered him a glass of wine, which lead to him getting drunk, and forgetting to kill himself. He entered rehab 2 months later.
5lrp TIL that the Foo Fighters played an entire tour of fan’s garages in 2011.