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TIL the US representative of the WHO had a publication discontinued after it said that cocaine used occasionally does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems because it failed to reinforce proven drug control approaches.

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VMbjZ TIL Christopher Havens, a convicted murderer solves ancient math problem in prison. Taught himself higher math and solved the age-old math puzzle of number theory involving so-called continued fractions over which Euclid has already racked his brains. He then published the journal in January 2020.
njWB TIL Louis C.K. first language is Spanish, he lived in Mexico until the age of seven and he still retains Mexican citizenship.
0wkj TIL the world’s oldest still-active gymnast (Johanna Quast) is 86 years old – and still demonstrates at a competitive level
Agp4 TIL That in Alabama, one can use the phrase “Roll Tide” instead of “I do” as a wedding proposal
epWxn TIL of Sinis, a mythological bandit slain by Theseus. Sinis would fool his victims by asking for their help in bending pine-trees to the ground, and then release the tree, catapulted the victim into the air