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TIL that a program such as PRISM will probably never actually detect terrorists because of “Bonferroni’s Principle”

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PkPG TIL that the strategy guide for Fallout: New Vegas is longer than Tolstoy’s “War and Peace”
r5e4 TIL in the 1960’s oilmen would shoot flaming arrows to relight gas tower flames.
oRNWY TIL Maitotoxin-1 is an extremely powerful and potent biotoxin produced by the dinoflagellate species Gambierdiscus toxicus. It has a LD50 of 130ng/kg in mice and it produces one of the most complex and largest non-protein and non-polysaccharide molecules by organisms.
8oOL TIL that Len, the band that recorded “Steal My Sunshine,” had a $100,000 budget for the music video and spent so much of it on alcohol that they broke the hotel service elevator trying to lift it all.
6EXkW TIL the city of Houston, Texas has a program where they train citizens to write tickets for handicap parking violations. After taking a course in proper procedure, you are given the authority to ticket anyone you see parked in a handicap spot without a placard.