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TIL DARE programs have been found to have no effect on drug use

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xVRo0 TIL that military tanks are called tanks because the secret program they were developed under was disquised as being about moving water tanks.
78Dnx TIL the Stockholm subway system is the world's longest art exhibition, stretching over 110 km with more than 150 different artists.
WkJBN TIL for several years a company that kept a database of US IP address locations used a point near the geographical center of the US as the default location when the IP address locations were hidden. As a result a farm in Kansas had been targeted by the FBI, IRS, and angry vigilantes.
d8oAB TIL The ‘Batman Effect’. Adopting an alter ego is an extreme form of ‘self-distancing’, which involves taking a step back from our immediate feelings to allow us to view a situation more dispassionately. It can help control anxiety, and help the subject pursue exercise and healthy diet
1aQED TIL, Johnny Cash was brutally attacked by an ostrich he kept in a wildlife park, it broke 2 ribs and slashed his stomach open. As a result of the pain pills he was prescribed, he fell back into drug addiction years after overcoming them.