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TIL a 2016 study found that teens consistently overestimated the risk behaviors of their peers. In virtually every case, jocks & popular teens did not use more substances, have more sexual partners, or break the rules any more than all the other school kids. But the perception was they did much more

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Darj TIL of a new suspect in the ‘Zodiac killer’ case. He was an editor for a counterculture newspaper in San Francisco, his voice has been ID’d by a 911 operator, and his full name appears in one of the ciphers; among several other pieces of circumstantial evidence.
0dRW5 TIL During WW2, Chinese forces opened the dikes on the Yellow River to slow the Japanese army. This resulted in an estimated 400,000 to 800,000 drownings and displaced millions. The course of the Yellow River moved several hundred kilometers.
DQYPP TIL that bumper car smell is actually ozone that is produced by the electrical discharges.
gr7NW TIL that after 124 years of participation over 27 summer Olympic games, India has a total of 10 gold medals. 8 of which were won in field hockey. They also have won only 2 gold medals in the last 60 years
pKjp TIL the difference between telenovelas and soap operas. Telenovelas end after a certain period of time, while soap operas go on as long as ratings justify doing so.