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TIL Prisoners who maintain a positive relationship with their children are 6 times less likely to reoffend.

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BgMWe TIL that normal blood pressure used to be considered 100 plus your current age.
OG9wL TIL 4-yr-old Cecelia Cichan was the sole survivor of the deadliest aviation accident to have only one person survive (NW Airlines Flight 255). Her mom, dad, brother & 153 others died. She was found still belted into her seat with third-degree burns & fractures in her skull, collarbone, & leg.
Y77wW TIL when Kurt Angle won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1996, his opponent Abbas Jadidi tried raising his arm believing he'd won, leading Kurt to believe he lost. The referee then raised Kurt's hand, and Kurt got more emotional than otherwise cause he genuinely believed he'd lost.
epgJE TIL about Randy Gardner, who set the world record by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes in 1964 as part of a high school science experiment, experiencing severe cognitive and physical effects but fully recovering afterward.
kOv0B TIL German art student hand-illuminated Silmarillion in the style of medieval monastery book