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TIL cheating on exams or any other assignment at the University of Virginia is punished by expulsion. There is no lesser punishment.

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wLGV8 TIL that Jackie Wilson used to take handfuls of salt tablets with large amounts of water before shows to simulate profuse sweating because, according to Wilson, "the chicks love it," not knowing that such a habit would cause hypertension. Jackie Wilson died of complications from a heart attack at 49
EJOw TIL that in 1973, a psychiatrist named David Rosenhan sent eight people with no history of mental illness to mental hospitals. The staff couldn’t tell they were sane. It took some 2 months to get out.
l9XV TIL The Russian “Dead Hand” fail-deadly nuclear retaliatory system developed during the cold war is suspected to still be operational.
OVwX TIL there are 15 surviving autographs from William Shakespeare. None are spelled the same and none are spelled the way we do today.
VQk8 TIL New York’s public schools are now more segregated than Mississippi’s.