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TIL that after cocaine and heroin were legalized in Columbia, drug abuse rates rose 40%

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v0Nj TIL Japan blames the decline of fish in oceans on whales and dolphins
W7R4X TIL that astronaut helmets have a patch of Velcro inside of them so astronauts have a way to scratch their noses.
xODB TIL in 1983, a 19-year-old named George shot himself in the head in an attempt to end his battle with OCD. Instead of killing him, the bullet ended up destroying the part of his brain that controlled the obsessive behavior, curing the OCD.
vLr7 TIL the dark region on the north pole of Pluto’s moon, Charon, is called Mordor.
VNmp TIL The most push-ups done non-stop was 10,507 in 1980, and was the last time Guinness World Records published a non-stop push-up record