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TIL The Red Hook Society for the Apprehension and Detention of Horse Thieves, the oldest horse thief apprehension and detention society in the USA, has never apprehended or detained a single horse thief.

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OWXL TIL “Meals on Wheels People,” a Portland, Ore.-based service and one of the largest in the country, says it costs $2,500 annually to provide daily meals to a homebound senior, while cost of institutional care for a year in Oregon is around $60,000. Cost for one day in the hospital is around $2,271.
JoN1 TIL in 2001, before being exposed as a pedophile, Jerry Sandusky published an autobiography titled “Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story”
ADVKn TIL about Breathing through one’s testicles. Testicle breathing is also known as Scrotal Compression or Testicular Breathing. It transforms raw sexual energy into higher energy. This energy then nourishes the spine, the nervous system, the brain, and other organs.
QJlYL TIL the "50 years of oil and gas supply" remaining for global reserves is the same time estimation as 30 years ago, 20 years ago, and 10 years ago. The amount available to extract steadily increases with efficiency and technology and has done so at roughly the pace of extraction for decades.
d8bjK TIL There is an enzyme called telomerase which reverses the aging process by replacing the junk DNA, which normally degrades over time, that protects coding DNA, and scientists think it is the key to immortality. Species like jellyfish and lobsters are biologically immortal because of this.